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Table 2 Characteristics of patients with impairment in renal function after initiation of colistin

From: Intravenous colistin in the treatment of sepsis from multiresistant Gram-negative bacilli in critically ill patients

  

Serum creatinine (mg/dl)

Patient

Characteristics

Cr1

Cr2

Cr3

8

Age 52 years, female, trauma, VAP, septic shock

0.9

2.1

1.4

17

Age 61 years, male, trauma, catheter-related sepsis, diabetes mellitus

1.1

2.3

1.5

24

Age 74 years, male, aneurysm of the abdominal aorta, elective operation.

2.4

5.1

CVVHD, death

 

Sepsis of unknown primary origin, previous myocardial infarction, hypertension

   
  1. Cr1, serum creatinine at initiation of colistin; Cr2, highest value of creatinine during treatment with colistin; Cr3, serum creatinine 7 days after completion of treatment with colistin; CVVHD, continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia.