Vancomycin Dosing in Intermittent Hemodialysis
Starting vancomycin doses for a patient on intermittent hemodialysis.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Actual body weight
- 70 kg
- Dose given after dialysis or during it
- After dialysis ends
- Dialyzer permeability
- High permeability
Result: Load 1,750 mg; maintenance 700 mg three times a week (after dialysis ends, high permeability).
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Actual body weight
- Dose given after dialysis or during it
- Dialyzer permeability
- Predialysis level (optional)
How this is calculated
Citation
Rybak MJ, et al. Therapeutic monitoring of vancomycin for serious MRSA infections: a revised consensus guideline (ASHP/IDSA/PIDS/SIDP). Am J Health-Syst Pharm 2020;77:835-864, recommendations 13 to 16: hemodialysis, hybrid dialysis and CRRT doses. Read the source ↗
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