By Kate Baggaley
A study of one health system’s vancomycin protocol demonstrates how pharmacists can achieve target vancomycin levels in patients with augmented renal clearance (ARC).
“Achieving targeted vancomycin trough levels is important for treatment success and can be impacted by renal function,” noted Sydney Wilson, PharmD, a PGY-2 critical care resident at the Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, in Missouri.
“Some potential impacts of augmented renal