Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients Whose Data Were Used in Development of a Dosing Nomogram

Characteristic	St Paul’s Hospital (n = 78)	Vancouver General Hospital (n = 91)
Age (years), median (IQR) and range	55 (28) [28–87]	58 (31) [20–89]
Sex, no. (%) male	58 (74)	52 (57)
Weight (kg), mean ± SD	78 ± 18	70 ± 18
Initial serum creatinine (μmol/L), median (IQR) and range	74 (58) [42–180]	86 (35) [43–175]
Vancomycin level (mg/L), median (IQR)	17.6 (2.9)	17.1 (2.8)
Vancomycin dose (mg/kg), mean ± SD	15 ± 4	16 ± 3
Most common causative organism	MRSA	MRSA

IQR = interquartile range, MRSA = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, SD = standard deviation