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Aminoglycoside-Vancomycin Dosing

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Patient Name: Location:  
 Select drug:     - Program Hints - 
Need dosing information for once daily dosing? 
Age:      Weight:      Gender: 
SCR:     Height:
Desired peak:    Desired trough:  Infusion time: hours
Volume of distribution:   L/kg
Usual range: aminoglycosides: 0.25-0.35
Vancomycin: 0.65 - 0.9
 
Note: original version before the latest update is located here.

Program Hints
Selecting the infusion time
 
Infusion time (ti)
Sample recommendations
Aminoglycosides:   (All doses) 0.5
Vancomycin   
(0 - 500mg/  0.5 )		 0.5
501 - 1250 mg 1
1251 -1750 mg 1.5
1751 - 2250 mg 2
Sample recommendations for peak / trough concentrations

(Review levels) Gentamicin /
           Tobramycin 		Amikacin Vancomycin
Infection Site Peak Trough Peak Trough Peak Trough
Abdominal 6-7 <1 25-30 4-6    
Cystitis 4-5 <1 20-25 4-6    
Endocarditis 4-12 <1.5 25-30 <8 30-40 5-15
Osteomyelitis 6-7 <1 25-30 4-6 30-40 5-20
Pneumonia 8-10 <1.5 25-30 <8 30-40 5-20
Pyelonephritis 6-7 <1 25-30 4-6 25-35 5-10
Sepsis 7-8 <1 25-30 4-6 25-35 5-15
Soft tissue 6-7 <1 20-25 <6 25-35 5-10
Synergy 5-6 <1 20-25 4-6 25-35 5-10
Wound Infections 6-7 <1 25-30 <6 25-35 5-10
Vancomycin - Target trough levels??
M. Goodwin, E. Ashley. Vancomycin: can we teach the mainstay of therapy for gram-positives new tricks?   Special to Infectious Disease News. February 2006.
http://www.infectiousdiseasenews.com/200602/frameset.asp?article=pharmconsult.asp
Accessed: December 15th, 2006
"Independent of the reason, many clinicians are now targeting higher troughs for vancomycin (from 15 to 20 µg/mL), especially when treating more deep-seated infections (ie, meningitis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis), in which vancomycin penetration may also be an issue."
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"The recent pneumonia guidelines, a joint publication from the American Thoracic Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), advocate targeting higher vancomycin trough concentrations. Vancomycin is a large molecule, and we have known for sometime that penetration into the lung and other infection sites may be difficult. Therefore, increasing the target trough serum concentrations may result in higher pulmonary drug concentrations.  The recommended target vancomycin trough in these guidelines is 15 to 20 µg/mL. However, there are no specific data to say that troughs more than 15 µg/mL are associated with improved outcomes over trough levels more than 5 or 10 µg/mL."   
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"Because many clinicians consider the vegetations involved in endocarditis to be relatively difficult to penetrate, the traditional target troughs were 15 to 20 µg/mL for this infection. The recent guidelines, however, recommend a lower trough concentration of 10 to 15 µg/mL. As with the pneumonia guidelines, these targets reflect the opinion of the expert panel in the absence of data to document the ideal target."
See link above for the complete article....

L. Briceland. Ask the Experts about Pharmacotherapy - From Medscape Pharmacists. Would You Explain the Current Recommendations for Vancomycin Trough Levels? 
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/508120    Accessed: December 15th, 2006
"More recently, recommendations for optimal therapeutic serum concentrations have varied widely: none at all except in select clinical situations[3]; 5-10mcg/mL[2]; 5-15 mcg/mL[4]; and 5-20 mcg/mL.[5] These recommendations have arisen specifically due to the lack of clear evidence for the concentrations needed to maintain therapeutic efficacy and avoid concentration-dependent toxicity[6] and the understanding that vancomycin exerts concentration-independent killing." "Exceeding the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) by 4-5 times does not produce further cidality; thus, the ranges cited would provide adequate serum and tissue concentrations to kill most pathogens (in which the MIC is generally less than 2 mcg/mL).[5] The current dosing regimen of 15 mg/kg every 12 hours (in normal renal function) is still employed with the intent of achieving therapeutic troughs (now broadly defined as anywhere between 5-20 mcg/mL)."     See link above for the complete article....
Background information

Background information  (Equations listed are calculated by the program)
Obtain baseline data:
Patient age, sex, height, weight, allergies, diagnosis, infection site, current 
drug therapy, I/O's for past 24 hours, Tmax, WBC with diff, albumin, 
Past medical history, Lab work-up: Scr, Bun, cultures etc.
Estimate Ideal body weight in (kg)
 Males: IBW = 50 kg + 2.3 kg for each inch over 5 feet.
 Females: IBW = 45.5 kg + 2.3 kg for each inch over 5 feet.
If the actual body weight is greater than 25% of the calculated IBW, calculate the adjusted body weight (ABW):            
 ABW = IBW + 0.4(Total body weight - IBW) 
Estimate Creatinine Clearance: (ml/min)
       Cockcroft and Gault equation:
       CrCl = [(140 - age) x IBW] / (Scr x 72)       (x 0.85 for females)
       Note: if the ABW (actual body weight) is less than the IBW use the 
       actual body weight for calculating the CRCL. If the patient is >65yo and 
       creatinine<1,  use 1 to calculate the creatinine clearance
Estimate kel (Elimination rate constant):
  Amikacin /Gentamicin/Tobramycin: Kel = (0.00285 x CrCl) + 0.015
      May also use: (0.003 x CrCl) + 0.01
  Vancomycin: kel = (0.00083 x CRCL)  + 0.0044 (used by program)
        Equation used by the Detroit VA Medical Center: CRCL x 0.0012

     The above equations provide an estimate of the elimination rate
     constant based on population kinetics. The following may decrease
     the usefulness of these equations:
          *Renal failure, CHF, Burn patients, cystic fibrosis, severe
            hypotension, rapidly changing renal function. (Burn victims 
            and patients with cystic fibrosis usually have increased 
            rates of elimination. Patients with CHF or severe hypotension 
            will have decreased rates of elimination due to decreased 
            renal perfusion).
Estimate half-life (T1/2) in hours:
      T1/2 = 0.693 / Kel
Estimate Volume of Distribution (Vd): (Liters)
Aminoglycosides:
    Use IBW unless obese, then use ABW= 0.4 x (TBW-IBW) + IBW
    Vd (Normal) = 0.25 to 0.3 L/kg
Vancomycin:
    [Use actual body weight in all cases]
    Vd (Normal): 0.6 to 0.7 L/kg 
Select Time of Infusion (ti):
(a) Aminoglycosides: 30 minutes (0.5 hrs)
(b) Vancomycin: 0-500 mg/ 0.5 hrs ; 501 to 1250 mg/ 1 hour ;
        1251 to 1750/ 1.5 hrs ; >1750/ 2 hours
Calculate Dosing Interval (T)    hrs.
    T = Ln (Cmax/Cmin) / kel + ti or estimated T = 3 x T1/2
Calculate Maintenance dose (MD):_____mg.
   MD = [(kel) x (Vd) x (ti) x (Cpeak desired) x (1 - e-kT)] / (1 - e-kti)
     or MD = (Cpeak desired) x Vd (eg: C = D/V, therefore D=C*V)
Calculate Predicted Peak and Trough at Steady State.
          Cmax = [Dose * 1-e-kti] / (kel)(Vd)(ti) 1-e-kT

          Cmin = Cmax * e-k(T-ti)
 

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