title: Colistin dosing and nephrotoxicity in a large community teaching hospital.
abstract: Thirty adult patients who received intravenous colistin (5.1 ± 2.4 mg/kg/day) were reviewed to evaluate dosing with respect to nephrotoxicity, which occurred in 10 (33%) patients within the first 5 days of treatment. Excessive colistin dosing was frequent (47%), often (71%) resulted from the use of actual body weight in obese patients, and was associated with higher rates of nephrotoxicity (80% versus 30%, P = 0.019).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Orlando Health, Orlando, Florida, USA. andrew.deryke@orlandohealth.com
authors.forename: C Andrew
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Deryke
authors.forename: Amanda J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Nizam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uddin
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001835:Body Weight; D003091:Colistin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003091:Colistin