Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients treated with vancomycin
Variables | Numbers (%) |
|---|---|
Total patients | 228 (100) |
Age groups | |
 Group -I: children of age 3–6 months | 45 (19.7) |
 Group -II: children of > 6 month–2 years | 70 (30.7) |
 Group -III: children of > 2 to 6 years | 55 (24.1) |
 Group -IV: children of > 6 to 12 years | 58 (25.4) |
Gender | |
 Female | 82 (35.9%) |
 Male | 146 (64.1%) |
System involved in illness/primary diagnosis /diagnosis at admission | |
 CNS | 21 (9.2%) |
 Bone and soft tissues | 6 (2.6%) |
 Cardiac | 21 (9.2%) |
 Colostomy | 3 (1.3%) |
 Congenital heart disease | 0 (0.0%) |
 Gastrointestinal | 27 (11.8%) |
 Hematological | 6 (2.6%) |
 Hepatic | 3 (1.3%) |
 Metabolic disorder | 12 (5.3%) |
 Respiratory | 57 (25.0%) |
 Bones and soft tissues | 12 (5.3%) |
 Soft tissue | 3 (1.3%) |
 Sepsis | 57 (25.0%) |
Unit of care/Service department | |
 Pediatric ICU | 30 (13.2%) |
 Pediatric-Medicine | 162 (71.1%) |
 Pediatric-Surgery | 36 (15.8%) |
Confirmed infection | |
 No | 78 (34.2%) |
 Yes | 150 (65.8%) |