Vancomycin associated acute kidney injury in pediatric patients.

Brady S MoffettJennifer MorrisCharissa KamMarianne GalatiAnkhi DuttaAyse Akcan-Arikan

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Moderate to severe acute kidney injury due to vancomycin is infrequent in children and associated with concomitant medication use and total dose of vancomycin. Serum vancomycin concentrations are not useful predictors of vAKI in the pediatric population.

Keyphrases

methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
acute kidney injury
young adults
staphylococcus aureus
cardiac surgery
high intensity