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. 2022;18(4):318-325.
doi: 10.2174/1573396318666220307115307.

Effect of Initial Vancomycin Dose and Creatinine Clearance on the Attainment of Target Trough Concentration in Children

Ha Manh Tuan  1 , Nguyen Tuan Anh  2 , Kim Tran Quan  3 , Nguyen Van Thang  1 , Vu Quang Huy  1
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Effect of Initial Vancomycin Dose and Creatinine Clearance on the Attainment of Target Trough Concentration in Children

Ha Manh Tuan et al. Curr Pediatr Rev. 2022.

Abstract

Background: Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic that is used to treat serious grampositive infections. However, therapeutic drug monitoring for vancomycin is not performed routinely in Vietnam in clinical practices. Monitoring of serum vancomycin concentration or trough levels is necessary to ensure the efficacy and safety of vancomycin therapy.

Objective: This study aims to determine the impact of initial vancomycin dose and creatinine clearance on target trough attainment in hospitalized Vietnamese children.

Methods: A prospective study with patients who received vancomycin for at least three days was conducted. Subsequently, demographic data, clinical diagnosis, vancomycin dosage, and serum creatinine levels were recorded. The vancomycin trough level was collected and creatinine clearance and adjusted vancomycin doses were calculated.

Results: A total of 40 eligible patients were enrolled. Patients' mean age, body weight, and height were 1.4 years old, 9.8 kg, and 75.5 cm, respectively. The mean vancomycin dose was 55.83 ± 19.34 mg/kg/day. The mean creatinine clearance was 80.18 ± 29.14 ml/min. The median trough level was 11.09 (7.84 - 16.46) μg/ml. There was no significant difference in the mean initial and the adjusted vancomycin doses (p = 0.062). However, there were statistically significant differences of initial (p = 0.004) or adjusted doses (p = 0.016) between groups of creatinine clearance. The trough vancomycin concentration was not statistically significant (p = 0.406) between these groups.

Conclusion: Target trough vancomycin level may be associated with creatinine clearance but did not proportionally correspond to the vancomycin dose. Therefore, monitoring vancomycin trough levels is necessary to achieve the target trough and to ensure vancomycin efficacy and safety in treating severely infected Vietnamese children.

Keywords: Creatinine clearance; Vietnamese children; initial dose; trough concentration; vancomycin; vancomycin efficacy.

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