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. 2014 Nov 25;473(7):2197–2203. doi: 10.1007/s11999-014-4062-3

Table 3.

Comparison of outcomes between patients receiving cefazolin alone and cefazolin plus vancomycin perioperatively

Patient variable Ancef only (n = 500) Ancef + vancomycin (n = 1328) p value
Estimated blood loss (mL) (SD) 277 (418) 223 (309) 0.476
Intraoperative fluids (mL) (SD) 1825 (890) 1837 (874) 0.576
Preoperative kidney disease (%) 128 (26) 283 (21) 0.050
Preoperative GFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) (SD) 77.0 (26) 78.6 (26) 0.645
Preoperative creatinine (mg/dL) (SD) 1.00 (0.84) 0.92 (0.54) 0.844

GFR = glomerular filtration rate.