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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2023

Impact of Vancomycin Loading Doses and Dose Escalation on Glomerular Function and Kidney Injury Biomarkers in a Translational Rat Model.

Jack Chang, Gwendolyn M Pais, Patti L Engel, Patryk Klimek, Sylwia Marianski, Kimberly Valdez, Marc H Scheetz

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Predictive Nomogram for Acute Kidney Injury Risk with Vancomycin and Piperacillin Tazobactam in Sepsis Treatment.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jack ChangMidwestern University College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA.
Gwendolyn M PaisMidwestern University College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4961-0048
Patti L EngelMidwestern University College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA.
Patryk KlimekMidwestern University College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA.
Sylwia MarianskiMidwestern University College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA.
Kimberly ValdezMidwestern University College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA.
Marc H ScheetzMidwestern University College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1091-6130
Midwestern University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vancomycin-induced kidney injury is common, and outcomes in humans are well predicted by animal models. This study employed our translational rat model to investigate temporal changes in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and correlations with kidney injury biomarkers related to various vancomycin dosing strategies. First, Sprague-Dawley rats received allometrically scaled loading doses or standard doses. Rats that received a loading dose had low GFRs and increased urinary injury biomarkers (kidney injury molecule 1 [KIM-1] and clusterin) that persisted through day 2 compared to those that did not receive a loading dose. Second, we compared low and high allometrically scaled vancomycin doses to a positive acute kidney injury control of high-dose folic acid. Rats in both the low- and high-dose vancomycin groups had higher GFRs on all dosing days than the positive-control group. When the two vancomycin groups were compared, rats that received the low dose had significantly higher GFRs on days 1, 2, and 4. Compared to low-dose vancomycin, the KIM-1 was elevated among rats in the high-dose group on dosing day 3. The GFR correlated most closely with the urinary injury biomarker KIM-1 on all experimental days. Vancomycin loading doses were associated with significant losses of kidney function and elevations of urinary injury biomarkers. In our translational rat model, both the degree of kidney function decline and urinary biomarker increases corresponded to the magnitude of the vancomycin dose (i.e., a higher dose resulted in worse outcomes).

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Acute Kidney InjuryVancomycinAnimalsBiomarkersHumansKidneyRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyBiomarkersVancomycinbiomarkersdosingnephrotoxicityvancomycin

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PMID36648224
PMCPMC9933721
OpenAlexW4316814948

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