ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Comparative Risk of Acute Kidney Injury Following Concurrent Administration of Vancomycin with Piperacillin/Tazobactam or Meropenem: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.
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- Pooled it
- Association between concomitant use of vancomycin-piperacillin/tazobactam and acute kidney injury in real-world setting.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluating the risk of acute kidney injury and mortality associated with concomitant use of vancomycin with piperacillin/tazobactam or meropenem in critically ill and non-critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Factors Associated with Methicillin-ResistantAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Exploring Acute Kidney Injury Incidence in Hip Periprosthetic Joint Infection Treatment With Combined Intravenous and Intra-articular Antibiotic Infusion.Arthroplasty today · 2025Article
- Association of piperacillin and vancomycin exposure on acute kidney injury during combination therapy.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Article
- Concomitant Administration of Vancomycin with a High Dose of Meropenem May Cause Acute Kidney Injury.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Review
- Piperacillin-Tazobactam Plus Vancomycin-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Adults: Can Teicoplanin or Other Antipseudomonal Beta-Lactams Be Remedies?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Progression of Kidney Injury with the Combination of Vancomycin and Piperacillin-Tazobactam or Cefepime in Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury.Frontiers in nephrology · 2022Article
- Risk and Time-to-Onset of Acute Kidney Injury With Vancomycin Plus Piperacillin-tazobactam Combination: Analysis Using JADER.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
The study aims to comparatively assess the nephrotoxicity of vancomycin when combined with piperacillin-tazobactam (V + PT) or meropenem (V + M) in adult patients hospitalized in general wards or intensive care units. We searched MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and Web of Science for observational studies evaluating incidences of AKI in adult patients receiving V + PT or V + M for at least 48 h in general wards or intensive care units. The primary outcome was AKI events, while the secondary outcomes were hospital length of stay, need for renal replacement therapy (RRT), and mortality events. The odds ratio (OR), or mean difference for the hospital length of stay, with a corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) from the inverse variance weighting random-effects model were estimated for the risk of AKI, RRT, and mortality. Of the 112 studies identified, twelve observational studies were included in this meta-analysis with a total of 14,511 patients. The odds of having AKI were significantly higher in patients receiving V + PT compared with V + M (OR = 2.31; 95%CI 1.69-3.15). There were no differences between V + PT and V + M in the hospital length of stay, RRT, or mortality outcomes. Thus, clinicians should be vigilant while using V + PT, especially in patients who are at high risk of AKI.
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