Mihai Puia-Dumitrescu1, Olivia M Bretzius2, Nia Brown2, James A Fitz-Henley2, Rebecca Ssengonzi2, Caroline S Wechsler2, Keyaria D Gray3, Daniel K Benjamin4, P Brian Smith1, Reese H Clark5, Daniel Gonzalez6, Christoph P Hornik7. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC. 2. Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC. 3. Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. 4. Department of Economics, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. 5. Pediatrix-Obstetrix Center for Research and Education, Sunrise, FL. 6. Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. 7. Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC. Electronic address: christoph.hornik@duke.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the association between gentamicin dosing, duration of treatment, and ototoxicity in hospitalized infants. STUDY DESIGN: This retrospective cohort study conducted at 330 neonatal intensive care units (2002-2014) included inborn infants exposed to gentamicin with available hearing screen results, and excluded infants with incomplete dosing data and major congenital anomalies. Our primary outcome was the final hearing screen result performed during hospitalization: abnormal (failed or referred for further testing in one or both ears) or normal (bilateral passed). The 4 measures of gentamicin exposure were highest daily dose, average daily dose, cumulative dose, and cumulative duration of exposure. We fitted separate multivariable logistic regression models adjusted for demographics, comorbidities, and other clinical events. RESULTS: A total of 84 808 infants met inclusion/exclusion criteria; median (25th, 75th percentile) gestational age and birth weight were 35 weeks (33, 38) and 2480 g (1890, 3184), respectively. Failed hearing screens occurred in 3238 (3.8%) infants; failed screens were more likely in infants of lower gestational age and birth weight, who had longer hospital lengths of stay, higher rates of morbidities, and were small for gestational age. Median highest daily dose, average daily dose, and cumulative dose were 4.0 mg/kg/day (3.0, 4.0), 3.8 mg/kg/day (3.0, 4.0), and 12.1 mg/kg (9.1, 20.5), respectively. Median cumulative duration of exposure was 3 days (3, 6). In adjusted analysis, gentamicin dose and duration of therapy were not associated with hearing screen failure. CONCLUSIONS: Gentamicin dosing and duration of treatment were not associated with increased odds of failed hearing screen at the time of discharge from initial neonatal intensive care unit stay.
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the association between gentamicin dosing, duration of treatment, and ototoxicity in hospitalized infants. STUDY DESIGN: This retrospective cohort study conducted at 330 neonatal intensive care units (2002-2014) included inborninfants exposed to gentamicin with available hearing screen results, and excluded infants with incomplete dosing data and major congenital anomalies. Our primary outcome was the final hearing screen result performed during hospitalization: abnormal (failed or referred for further testing in one or both ears) or normal (bilateral passed). The 4 measures of gentamicin exposure were highest daily dose, average daily dose, cumulative dose, and cumulative duration of exposure. We fitted separate multivariable logistic regression models adjusted for demographics, comorbidities, and other clinical events. RESULTS: A total of 84 808 infants met inclusion/exclusion criteria; median (25th, 75th percentile) gestational age and birth weight were 35 weeks (33, 38) and 2480 g (1890, 3184), respectively. Failed hearing screens occurred in 3238 (3.8%) infants; failed screens were more likely in infants of lower gestational age and birth weight, who had longer hospital lengths of stay, higher rates of morbidities, and were small for gestational age. Median highest daily dose, average daily dose, and cumulative dose were 4.0 mg/kg/day (3.0, 4.0), 3.8 mg/kg/day (3.0, 4.0), and 12.1 mg/kg (9.1, 20.5), respectively. Median cumulative duration of exposure was 3 days (3, 6). In adjusted analysis, gentamicin dose and duration of therapy were not associated with hearing screen failure. CONCLUSIONS:Gentamicin dosing and duration of treatment were not associated with increased odds of failed hearing screen at the time of discharge from initial neonatal intensive care unit stay.
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