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 |
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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.