Vancomycin-induced acute kidney injury in elderly Chinese patients: a single-centre cross-sectional study

Association between trough serum vancomycin concentration and vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury and 30-day mortality in critically ill elderly adults

BACKGROUND

Vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury (VA-AKI) is the most clinically relevant side effect of vancomycin. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between VTC and VA-AKI as well as 30-day mortality in critically ill elderly adults.

METHOD

Elderly patients with trough serum vancomycin concentration records(VTC) in the Medical Information Mart-IV (MIMIC-IV) and eICU databases were retrospectively studied.

RESULTS

A total of 3,146 critically ill elderly adults were finally enrolled. The incidence of VA-AKI in the elderly population was 76.5%. Logistic regression analysis revealed significant relationships between VA-AKI and various factors, including VTC, comorbidities, and laboratory indicators, and SOFA, and GCS score. For each mg/L increase, the OR for VA-AKI increased by 2.5%. The association between VTC and 30-day mortality was found to be statistically significant (odds ratio (OR): 1.021, 95% CI: 1.010-1.031), P < 0.001). The Restricted cubic splines (RCS) curves revealed that VTC ranged of 19.67 to 35.72 mg/l for AKI and 19.17 to 42.86 mg/l for 30-day mortality exhibit OR with 95% CI above 1, indicating statistically significant associations with an increased risk of AKI and 30-day mortality, respectively. In the subgroup analysis, VTC was identified as a risk factor for VA-AKI in specific patient groups, including white individuals, female patients, those with shock, patients with SOFA > 6, patients with baseline creatinine > 1.2 mg/dl and patients with or without exposed to other nephrotoxic medications.

CONCLUSION

This study found the significant association between VTC and the incidence of VA-AKI and 30-day mortality in critically ill elderly adults. The RCS curves indicated concentration ranges for AKI (19.67-35.72 mg/L) and 30-day mortality (19.17-42.86 mg/L), signifying increased risk.

Risk factors for acute kidney injury associated with intravenous vancomycin in neurosurgical inpatients: a retrospective study

PURPOSE

Vancomycin (VAN) is widely used in neurosurgical patients for intracranial infections. We aimed to assess the incidence and risk factors for VAN-associated acute kidney injury (VA-AKI) in this population.

METHODS

A case-control study of patients who treated with vancomycin in neurosurgery from January 2020 to December 2022 was conducted. Demographics and potential risk factors were collected. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to identify risk factors for VA-AKI. AKI was defined according to the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes Guidelines (KDIGO).

RESULTS

A total of 345 patients participated with a VA-AKI incidence of 17.1% (59 cases). Among them, 15 patients had renal impairment (Stage 2 or higher), and 2 required dialysis. With univariate analysis and binary logistic regression analysis, we found that the use of mannitol (OR: 4.164; 95% CI: 1.606-10.792; P = 0.003), loop diuretics (OR: 3.371; 95% CI: 1.633-6.958; P = 0.001), three or more antimicrobial applications (OR: 3.623; 95% CI: 1.600-8.206; P = 0.002), diastolic blood pressure 80-89 mm Hg (OR: 5.532; 95% CI: 1.677-18.250; P = 0.005) and diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg (OR: 6.845; 95% CI: 1.518-30.866; P = 0.012) were independent risk factors for VA-AKI. In addition, according to the Youden Index, the trough concentration of vancomycin should not exceed 15.845 mg/L.

CONCLUSION

The incidence of VA-AKI in neurosurgical patients was 17.1%. The concomitant use of mannitol and loop diuretics, along with higher diastolic blood pressure and the combined use of more than three antimicrobial agents, were associated with an increased risk of neurosurgical VA-AKI.

Vancomycin associated acute kidney injury in patients with infectious endocarditis: a large retrospective cohort study

Background: Vancomycin remains the cornerstone antibiotic for the treatment of infective endocarditis (IE). Vancomycin has been associated with significant nephrotoxicity. However, vancomycin associated acute kidney injury (AKI) has not been evaluated in patients with IE. We conducted this large retrospective cohort study to reveal the incidence, risk factors, and prognosis of vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury (VA-AKI) in patients with IE. Methods: Adult patients diagnosed with IE and receiving vancomycin were included. The primary outcome was VA-AKI. Results: In total, 435 of the 600 patients were enrolled. Of these, 73.6% were male, and the median age was 52 years. The incidence of VA-AKI was 17.01% (74). Only 37.2% (162) of the patients received therapeutic monitoring of vancomycin, and 30 (18.5%) patients had reached the target vancomycin trough concentration. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that body mass index [odds ratio (OR) 1.088, 95% CI 1.004, 1.179], duration of vancomycin therapy (OR 1.030, 95% CI 1.003, 1.058), preexisting chronic kidney disease (OR 2.291, 95% CI 1.018, 5.516), admission to the intensive care unit (OR 2.291, 95% CI 1.289, 3.963) and concomitant radiocontrast agents (OR 2.085, 95% CI 1.093, 3.978) were independent risk factors for VA-AKI. Vancomycin variety (Lai Kexin vs. Wen Kexin, OR 0.498, 95% CI 0.281, 0.885) were determined to be an independent protective factor for VI-AKI. Receiver operator characteristic curve analysis revealed that duration of therapy longer than 10.75 days was associated with a significantly increased risk of VA-AKI (HR 1.927). Kidney function was fully or partially recovered in 73.0% (54) of patients with VA-AKI. Conclusion: The incidence of VA-AKI in patients with IE was slightly higher than in general adult patients. Concomitant contrast agents were the most alarmingly nephrotoxic in patients with IE, adding a 2-fold risk of VA-AKI. In patients with IE, a course of vancomycin therapy longer than 10.75 days was associated with a significantly increased risk of AKI. Thus, closer monitoring of kidney function and vancomycin trough concentrations was recommended in patients with concurrent contrast or courses of vancomycin longer than 10.75 days.

Relationship between vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity and vancomycin trough concentration in older adults: A retrospective observational study

OBJECTIVES

The objective of the study is to investigate the risk factors of vancomycin-induced renal toxicity in older adults, especially in those with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stages 3-5.

METHODS

In this retrospective observational study, serum vancomycin trough concentrations (VTCs) in patients aged g65 years treated with vancomycin were analyzed, and independent risk factors of vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity (VIN) were determined by logistic regression analysis.

RESULTS

In total, 321 patients were included in this study. Serum VTC was an independent risk factor for vancomycin-induced renal toxicity in total cohort (odds ratio [OR], 1.07; P = 0.004) as well as in the cohort with CKD Stages 3-5 (OR, 1.09; P = 0.010). A daily dose of vancomycin and Charlson comorbidity index was an independent risk factor for vancomycin-induced renal toxicity in total cohort (OR, 3.63; P = 0.006) and in the cohort with CKD Stage 3-5 (OR, 1.83; P = 0.002), respectively. In older adults with CKD Stages 3a and 3b-5, the VTCs associated with higher risk for vancomycin-induced renal toxicity were 21.5 mg/L and 16.5 mg/L, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS

In older adults, serum VTC is an independent risk factor for VIN. VTCs over 21.5 mg/L and 16.5 mg/L are associated with increased risk of VIN in this population with CKD Stage 3a and 3b-5, respectively.

Impact of pharmacist intervention in reducing vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis

AIMS

The aim was to quantify the relationship between pharmacist intervention and vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury (AKI).

METHODS

Electronic databases were searched up to August 2020 for meta-analyses of cohort studies and/or randomized controlled trials. Studies that compared the incidence of AKI in patients between post- and prepharmacist intervention were investigated. The primary outcome was incidence of AKI. We also evaluated the influence of pharmacist intervention in risk factors of vancomycin-associated AKI.

RESULTS

The search strategy retrieved 1744 studies and 34 studies with 19 298 participants were included (22 published articles and 12 abstracts from conference proceedings). Compared with the preintervention group, the postintervention group patients had a significantly lower incidence of vancomycin-associated AKI: 7.3% for post- and 9.6% for preintervention (odds ratio [OR] 0.52, 95% confidence interval [CI]; 0.41, 0.67], P < .00001). The rate of attaining target concentration was significantly higher in the post- than preintervention group (OR 2.86, 95% CI [2.23, 3.67], P < .00001). The postintervention group significantly improved the percentage of serum creatinine laboratory tests than preintervention group (OR = 3.24, 95% CI 2.02, 5.19], P < .00001). Patients postintervention had markedly lower risk of mortality than preintervention patients (OR 0.47, 95% CI [0.31, 0.72], P = .0004).

CONCLUSION

Pharmacist intervention in vancomycin treatment significantly decreased the rate of vancomycin-associated AKI, while improving efficacy and reducing mortality. We speculate that this is because the pharmacist interventions optimized the rationality of vancomycin therapy, monitoring of vancomycin trough concentration and the monitoring of patients' renal function.

Effect of First Trough Vancomycin Concentration on the Occurrence of AKI in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Study of the MIMIC-IV Database

Background

Vancomycin can effectively inhibit Gram-positive cocci and is widely used in critically ill patients. This study utilized a large public database to explore the effect of patients' first vancomycin trough concentration (FVTC) on the occurrence of acute kidney injury (AKI) and mortality after receiving vancomycin treatment in intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods

Critically ill patients who used vancomycin in the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC) IV have been retrospectively studied. The outcomes included the occurrence of AKI during the use of vancomycin or within 72 h of withdrawal, ICU mortality and hospital mortality. Restricted cubic splines (RCS) were used to analyze the linear relationship between FVTC and the outcomes. Multivariate logistic/Cox regression analysis was used to analyze the association between patient's FVTC and the occurrence of AKI, ICU mortality, and in-hospital mortality.

Results

The study ultimately included 3,917 patients from the MIMIC-IV database who had been treated with vancomycin for more than 48 h. First of all, the RCS proved the linear relationship between FVTC and the outcomes. After controlling for all covariates as confounders in logistic/Cox regression, FVTC was a risk factor with the occurrence of AKI (OR: 1.02; 95% CI: 1.01–1.04), ICU mortality (HR: 1.02; 95% CI: 1.01–1.03), and in-hospital mortality (HR: 1.02; 95% CI: 1.01–1.03). Moreover, patients were divided into four groups in the light of the FVTC value: group1 ≤ 10 mg/L, 10 <group 2 ≤ 15 mg/L, 15 <group 3 ≤ 20 mg/L, group4 > 20 mg/L. Categorical variables indicated that group 3 and group 4 had a significant relationship on the occurrence of AKI [group 3: (OR: 1.36; 95% CI: 1.02–1.81); group 4: (OR: 1.76; 95% CI: 1.32–2.35)] and ICU mortality [group 3: (HR: 1.47; 95% CI: 1.03–2.09); group 4: (HR: 1.87; 95% CI: 1.33–2.62)], compared to group 1, while group 4 had a significant effect on in-hospital mortality (HR: 1.48; 95% CI: 1.15–1.91).

Conclusions

FVTC is associated with the occurrence of AKI and increased ICU and in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients. Therefore, in clinical practice, patients in intensive care settings receiving vancomycin should be closely monitored for FVTC to prevent drug-related nephrotoxicity and reduce patient mortality.

Predictive performance of reported vancomycin population pharmacokinetic model in patients with different renal function status, especially those with augmented renal clearance

BACKGROUND

There is a significant correlation between augmented renal clearance (ARC) and lower serum trough concentrations of vancomycin (VCM) during therapy. There is a need to evaluate the predictive performance of the population pharmacokinetic (PPK) model used for individual calculation of dosage regimens in ARC patients.

OBJECTIVE

Our study aimed to estimate the predictive performance differences of the reported VCM PPK software JPKD-vancomycin and SmartDose in patients with varying renal function status, especially those with ARC.

METHODS

Patients receiving VCM treatment from May 2014 to December 2019 were enrolled, and divided into the ARC group, the normal renal function (NRF) group, and the impaired renal function (IRF) group. VCM dosage, trough concentration, area under the curve (AUC) and pharmacokinetic parameters were compared among the three groups. The predictive performance of PPK software was expressed using absolute prediction error (APE), sensitivity, specificity, and regression coefficient (r²) of linear regression analysis between the measured VCM trough concentration and the predicted trough concentration.

RESULTS

A total of 388 patients were included: 86 patients in the ARC group, 241 patients in the NRF group, and 61 patients in the IRF group. The daily dose of the adjusted regimen in the ARC group was higher than in the NRF group, but the trough concentration was significantly lower than in the NRF group (2.8±0.6 g vs 1.9±0.6 g, p<0.001; 10.5±5.1 mg/L vs 12.9±6.8 mg/L, p=0.030). The percentage of trough concentrations lower than 10 mg/L was 84.9% in the ARC group. Compared with the APE of the initial dosage regimen, the APE of the adjusted regimen calculated by JPKD was lower in the ARC group (p=0.041) and the NRF group (p＜0.001). Specificity of JPKD and SmartDose in the ARC group was higher than in the NRF group (p<0.001; p<0.001). According to the linear regression analysis, the coefficients of determination (r²) were all >0.6 for the initial regimen and adjusted regimen of VCM in the ARC and NRF groups, and the r² of the adjusted regimen of JPKD was >0.8 in the ARC and NRF groups. In the IRF group, 31.1% of patients had a change in serum creatinine (Scr) level of >50%. The r² increased from 0.527 to 0.7347 in SmartDose and from 0.55 to 0.7802 in JPKD when using Scr at the sampling time. The ARC group showed a significant decrease in AUC (p<0.001) and an increase in clearance rate (p<0.001) when compared to the NRF group.

CONCLUSION

ARC was significantly associated with subtherapeutic serum VCM concentration. The pharmacokinetic parameters of VCM were diverse in patients with different renal function status. The PPK model JPKD and SmartDose had a good predictive performance for predicting VCM trough concentrations of the ARC and NRF patients, especially using JPKD for prediction of the adjusted regimen. The change of Scr is a main factor affecting the accuracy of software prediction.

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Antibiotics in the Elderly: A Narrative Review

PURPOSE

Antibiotic dosing adaptation in elderly patients is frequently complicated by age-related changes affecting the processes of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and/or elimination. These events eventually result in treatment failure and/or development of drug-related toxicity. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) can prevent suboptimal antibiotic exposure in adult patients regardless of age. However, little data are available concerning the specific role of TDM in the elderly.

METHODS

This review is based on a PubMed search of the literature published in the English language. The search involved TDM studies of antibiotics in the elderly performed between 1990 and 2021. Additional studies were identified from the reference lists of the retrieved articles. Studies dealing with population pharmacokinetic modeling were not considered.

RESULTS

Only a few studies, mainly retrospective and with observational design, have specifically dealt with appropriate antibiotic dosing in the elderly based on TDM. Nevertheless, some clinical situations in which the selection of optimal antibiotic dosing in the elderly was successfully guided by TDM were identified.

CONCLUSIONS

Elderly patients are at an increased risk of bacterial infections and inadequate drug dosing compared to younger patients. Therefore, the availability of TDM services can improve the appropriateness of antibiotic prescriptions in this population.

Risk of antimicrobial-associated organ injury among the older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background

Older adults (aged 65 years and above) constitute the fastest growing population cohort in the western world. There is increasing evidence that the burden of infections disproportionately affects older adults, and hence this vulnerable population is frequently exposed to antimicrobials. There is currently no systematic review summarising the evidence for organ injury risk among older adults following antimicrobial exposure. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the relationship between antimicrobial exposure and organ injury in older adults.

Methodology

We searched for original research articles in PubMed, Embase.com, Web of Science core collection, Web of Science BIOSIS citation index, Scopus, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, ProQuest, and PsycINFO databases, using key words in titles and abstracts, and using MeSH terms. We searched for all available articles up to 31 May 2021. After removing duplicates, articles were screened for inclusion into or exclusion from the study by two reviewers. The Newcastle-Ottawa scale was used to assess the risk of bias for cohort and case-control studies. We explored the heterogeneity of the included studies using the Q test and I² test and the publication bias using the funnel plot and Egger’s test. The meta-analyses were performed using the OpenMetaAnalyst software.

Results

The overall absolute risks of acute kidney injury among older adults prescribed aminoglycosides, glycopeptides, and macrolides were 15.1% (95% CI: 12.8–17.3), 19.1% (95% CI: 15.4–22.7), and 0.3% (95% CI: 0.3–0.3), respectively. Only 3 studies reported antimicrobial associated drug-induced liver injury. Studies reporting on the association of organ injury and antimicrobial exposure by age or duration of treatment were too few to meta-analyse. The funnel plot and Egger’s tests did not indicate evidence of publication bias.

Conclusion

Older adults have a significantly higher risk of sustaining acute kidney injury when compared to the general adult population. Older adults prescribed aminoglycosides have a similar risk of acute kidney injury to the general adult population.

Supplementary Information

The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12877-021-02512-3.

Prediction of vancomycin dose on high-dimensional data using machine learning techniques

OBJECTIVES

Despite therapeutic vancomycin is regularly monitored, its dose requirements vary considerably between individuals. Various innovative vancomycin dosing strategies have been developed for dose optimization; however, the utilization of individual factors and extensibility is insufficient. We aimed to develop an optimal dosing algorithm for vancomycin based on the high-dimensional data using the proposed variable engineering and machine-learning methods.

METHODS

This study proposed a variable engineering process that automatically generates second-order variable interactions. We performed an initial examination of independent variables and interactive variables using eXtreme Gradient Boosting. The vancomycin dose prediction model was established based on the derived variables.

RESULTS

Based on the evaluation of the model performance in the validation cohort, our algorithm accounted for 67.5% of variations in the vancomycin doses. Subgroup analysis showed better performance in patients with medium and high body weight (with the ideal predictive percentage of 72.7% and 73.7%), and low and medium levels of serum creatinine (with the ideal predictive percentage of 77.8% and 73.1%) than in other groups.

CONCLUSION

The new vancomycin dose prediction model is potentially useful for patients whose population profiles are similar to those of our patients and yielded desired reference of clinical indicators with specific breakpoints.

Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury: A Longitudinal Study in China

Background: Vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury (VA-AKI) is a recognizable condition with known risk factors. However, the use of vancomycin in clinical practices in China is distinct from other countries. We conducted this longitudinal study to show the characteristics of VA-AKI and how to manage it in clinical practice.

Patients and Methods: We included patients admitted to hospital, who received vancomycin therapy between January 1, 2016 and June 2019. VA-AKI was defined as a patient having developed AKI during vancomycin therapy or within 48 h following the withdrawal of vancomycin therapy.

Results: A total of 3719 patients from 7058 possible participants were included in the study. 998 patients were excluded because of lacking of serum creatinine measurement. The incidence of VA-AKI was 14.3%. Only 32.3% (963/2990) of recommended patients performed therapeutic drug monitoring of vancomycin. Patients with VA-AKI were more likely to concomitant administration of cephalosporin (OR 1.55, 95% CI 1.08–2.21, p = 0.017), carbapenems (OR 1.46, 95% CI 1.11–1.91, p = 0.006) and piperacillin-tazobactam (OR 3.12, 95% CI 1.50–6.49, p = 0.002). Full renal recovery (OR 0.208, p = 0.005) was independent protective factors for mortality. Compared with acute kidney injury stage 1, AKI stage 2 (OR 2.174, p = 0.005) and AKI stage 3 (OR 2.210, p = 0.005) were independent risk factors for fail to full renal recovery.

Conclusion: Lack of a serum creatinine measurement for the diagnosis of AKI and lack of standardization of vancomycin therapeutic drug monitoring should be improved. Patient concomitant with piperacillin-tazobactam are at higher risk. Full renal recovery was associated with a significantly reduced morality.

Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model of Vancomycin-Associated Nephrotoxicity in Elderly Patients: A Pilot Study

This exploratory study aimed to develop a risk prediction model of vancomycin‐associated nephrotoxicity (VANT) in elderly patients. Clinical information of elderly patients who received vancomycin therapy from January 2016 to June 2018 was retrieved. A total of 255 patients were included in this study. Univariate analysis and multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that vancomycin trough concentration ≥ 20 mg/L (odds ratio (OR) = 3.009; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.345–6.732), surgery (OR = 3.357; 95% CI 1.309–8.605), the Charlson Comorbidities Index ≥ 4 points (OR = 2.604; 95% CI 1.172–5.787), concomitant use of cardiotonic drug (OR = 3.283; 95% CI 1.340–8.042), plasma volume expander (OR = 3.459; 95% CI 1.428–8.382), and piperacillin/tazobactam (OR = 2.547; 95% CI 1.680–6.007) were risk factors for VANT in elderly patients. Furthermore, a VANT risk prediction model was developed, which had good discriminative power and was well‐calibrated.

Vancomycin-induced acute kidney injury in elderly Chinese patients: a single-centre cross-sectional study

AIMS

The objective of the present study was to investigate the current situation concerning, and risk factors for, vancomycin (VAN)-induced acute kidney injury (VI-AKI) in elderly Chinese patients, to assess outcomes and risk factors in patients who have developed VI-AKI, in order to provide suggestions for improving the prevention and treatment of this condition in these patients.

METHOD

We retrospectively identified elderly older inpatients who had received four or more doses of VAN treatment. We compared patients with VI-AKI with those who received VAN treatment and had not developed AKI (NO-AKI). We defined VI-AKI as developing AKI during VAN therapy or within 3 days after withdrawal of VAN.

RESULTS

A total of 647 out of 862 elderly inpatients were included in the study. Among those excluded, in 89.3% of cases (192/215) this was because of lack of data on serum creatinine (SCr). Among included patients, 32.5% (210/647) of patients received therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) during VAN therapy. In 66.9% of cases (424/634), there was insufficient TDM, and in 3.9% (25/634) this was appropriate. A total of 102 patients had confirmed VI-AKI, with an incidence of 15.8% (102/647). Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that hyperuricaemia [odds ratio (OR) = 3.045; P = 0.000)], mechanical ventilation (OR = 1.906; P = 0.022) and concomitant vasopressor therapy (OR = 1.919; P = 0.027) were independent risk factors for VI-AKI; higher serum albumin (OR = 0.885; P = 0.000) was determined to be an independent protective factor for VI-AKI.

CONCLUSIONS

For the elderly Chinese patients treated with VAN, there was insufficient monitoring of SCr, too little use of VAN TDM, and lower rate of patients whose VAN though serum concentrations were not obtained at the correct time. We recommend that hospital managers increase investment in clinical pharmacists, to strengthen professional management. Patients with concomitant hyperuricaemia and on mechanical ventilation and vasopressor therapy should be paid more attention, and a higher serum albumin was determined to be an independent protective factor for VI-AKI.