title: Disposition of vancomycin during hemofiltration.
abstract: The disposition of vancomycin was assessed in five patients receiving hemofiltration after intravenous dosing with an 18 mg/kg dose after a hemofiltration procedure. The serum concentration-time profile was characterized before, during, and after the next hemofiltration procedure. The t 1/2 of vancomycin was 136.0 +/- 27.2 hours (mean +/- SD) before hemofiltration and 4.1 +/- 1.2 during hemofiltration. Approximately 400 mg of vancomycin was recovered in the filtrate and the hemofiltration clearance was 152.6 +/- 21.5 ml/min. A significant relationship was observed between vancomycin clearance and ultrafiltration flow rate (r = 0.9914). A marked rebound in vancomycin serum concentration (52.4% +/- 15.6%) was observed in all patients. Hemofiltration has a significant effect on the disposition of vancomycin. Because of the marked interpatient variability in elimination t 1/2 and the degree and time course of the rebound, an individualized approach to vancomycin therapy in this patient population is recommended.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014462:Ultrafiltration; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014640:Vancomycin