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  • Medical Informatics
  • Computational Biology

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  • Bayesian dosing apps can aid vancomycin therapeutic drug monitoring.
  • Existing tools are often unaffordable for resource-limited hospitals.
  • VancoCalc is a free, open-source app designed to improve vancomycin dosing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the design, development, usability, and evaluation of VancoCalc.
  • To provide clinicians with a free Bayesian tool for vancomycin dosing and monitoring.

Main Methods:

  • Developed VancoCalc using previously published pharmacokinetic models as priors.
  • Evaluated the app's predictive ability using vancomycin concentrations from 52 adult patients.
  • Calculated median prediction error, median absolute error, and root mean square error to assess accuracy.

Main Results:

  • The app predicted subsequent vancomycin concentrations with a median prediction error of -0.600 ug/mL.
  • Median absolute error was 3.05 ug/mL, and root mean square error was 5.34.
  • These results indicate reasonable accuracy and bias in the app's predictions.

Conclusions:

  • VancoCalc is a free, open-source Bayesian vancomycin dosing calculator.
  • The app demonstrates reasonable accuracy and bias, suitable for clinical practice.
  • Further prospective validation of VancoCalc is recommended.