Table 2.

Demographic data of the 557 Sao Paulo Hospital patients who used vancomycin between March 1^st and September 30^th 2002

Variables	N	Percentage
Sex
Male	315	56.6
Female	242	43.4
Age
< 60 years	374	67.1
≥ 60 years	183	32.9
Length of hospital stay
< 2 weeks	102	18.3
≥ 2 weeks	455	81.7
Unit
ICU (Pediatrics and general)	263	47.2
General practice	158	28.4
Pediatrics	71	12.7
Surgery	47	8.4
Others	18	3.2
Diagnosis
Infectious diseases	126	22.6
Hematological diseases	66	11.8
Cardiac diseases	68	12.2
Malignancies disease	59	10.6
Neurological diseases	55	9.9
Gastrointestinal diseases	52	9.3
Gynecological-urinary diseases	43	7.7
Others	88	15.9
Neutropenia
Yes	28	5.0
No	529	95.0
Oral-Tracheal intubation
Yes	308	55.3
No	249	44.7
Central venous catheter
Yes	354	63.6
No	203	36.4
Vancomycin use period
< 2 weeks	324	58.2
≥ 2 two weeks	233	41.8
Outcome
Discharge	295	53.0
Death	262	47.0