Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients given vancomycin in the Emergency Department
| Subject, No. | 4,656 |
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| Sex, No. (%) | |
| Male | 2,429 (52.2) |
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| Age, y, median (IQR) | 54.5 (41.4–67.4) |
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| Race, No. (%) | |
| Black | 2,327 (50) |
| Caucasian | 2,008 (43.1) |
| Other | 321 (6.9) |
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| End stage renal disease, No. (%) | 340 (7.3) |
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| Vasopressors, No. (%) | 468 (10.1) |
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| Serum creatinine (mg/dl), mean (SD) | 1.62 (2.07) |
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| Estimated creatinine clearance (ml/min), mean (SD)* | 64.4 (14.1) |
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| Height (cm), mean (SD) | 170.5 (9.3) |
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| Weight (kg), mean (SD) | 83.4 (28.2) |
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| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)# | 30.4 (9.1) |
*
By Cockcroft-Gault equation
#
Body mass index