Abstract
Background: Ventilator-associated event (VAE) is the major complication caused mechanical ventilation (MV). We aimed to evaluate whether acute renal failure (ARF) has developed in patients who had been followed-up due to diagnosis of VAE with Acinetobacter baumannii (AcB), and whether renal replacement therapy (RRT) was used, and its relationship with mortality in patients who developed colistin during their treatment.Methods: Retrospective evaluation of the hospital electronic information system records of 2,622 patients were conducted in three years. Patients who had AcB-related VAE and underwent parental colistin treatment were evaluated according to age, gender, diagnosis for intensive care unit (ICU) administration, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score, colistin dose and treatment duration, requirement for additional antibiotics, total time required for MV, total duration of ICU stay, presence of septic shock, requirement for percutaneous dilatation tracheostomy (PDT), ARF staging according to Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes criteria, requirement for RRT and mortality.Results: Total number of VAE cases was 85 (3.19%). AcB-related VAE was detected in 28 patients (32.9%). Bacterial eradication was achieved in 14 patients (50%), clinical response was received in 14 patients (50%), mean colistin dose was 298.2±85.5 mg/day, mean duration of colistin treatment was 14.3±8.6 days. ARF was detected as Stage-I in eight patients (28.6%), Stage-II in four (14.3%) and Stage-III in eight patients (28.6%). There was no difference between patients in need of RRT and those who did not, in terms of age, gender and body mass index. APACHE II score, bacterial eradication, presence of septic shock, clinical response to therapy, daily dose of colistin, duration of colistin treatment, MV duration, PDT requirement and time were similar in groups receiving RRT or not.Conclusion: Colistin treatment of AcB-related VAE caused ARF in 71.5% of the patients and led to serious conditions in 25% of patients requiring RRT.