Determining steady-state trough range in vancomycin drug dosing using machine learning.

Journal: Journal of critical care
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Vancomycin is a renally eliminated, nephrotoxic, glycopeptide antibiotic with a narrow therapeutic window, widely used in intensive care units (ICU). We aimed to predict the risk of inappropriate vancomycin trough levels and appropriate dosing for each ICU patient.

Authors

  • M Samie Tootooni
    Department of Health Informatics and Data Science, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States of America. Electronic address: mtootooni@luc.edu.
  • Erin F Barreto
    Department of Pharmacy, Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
  • Phichet Wutthisirisart
    Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America.
  • Kianoush B Kashani
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
  • Kalyan S Pasupathy
    Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN.