title: Pharmacokinetics of vancomycin in patients undergoing haemodialysis and haemofiltration.
abstract: Vancomycin is widely used for the treatment of infections with Gram-positive bacteria in patients with end-stage renal disease. The concentration of vancomycin in serum, in ultrafiltrate, and in dialysate was measured during nine haemofiltration and seven haemodialysis procedures with high-permeability membranes. The t1/2 of vancomycin was 101 +/- 19 h in the interdialytic and interhaemofiltration period. There was no significant difference between the haemodialysis clearance (55.2 +/- 18.5 ml/min) and the haemofiltration clearance (66.8 +/- 13.6 ml/min). The redistribution phenomenon was about 25% in the post haemofiltration period and only 10% in the post haemodialysis period. Approximately 270 mg of vancomycin was recovered in dialysate or ultrafiltrate. With high-permeability membranes more commonly used in patients with end-stage renal disease, continuous monitoring of vancomycin therapy is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Bock
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Verbeelen
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sennesael
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006440:Hemofiltration; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014640:Vancomycin