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. 2023 Feb 28;62(4):573–586. doi: 10.1007/s40262-023-01219-5

Table 2.

Estimates of ampicillin-sulbactam pharmacokinetic parameters from the final model with covariate and model selection

PK parameter PK value from final PK model
Ampicillin Sulbactam
Mean SD CV % Median Shrink (%) Mean SD CV % Median Shrink (%)
CL (L/h) 5.58 2.57 46.1 5.07 0.04 4.79 2.05 42.8 4.47 3.15
V (L) 12.6 2.16 17.2 12.7 1.85 15.4 4.73 30.8 14.6 2.85
KCP (L/h) 0.90 0.78 86.6 0.44 0.13 0.42 0.41 96.8 0.32 14.0
KPC (L/h) 0.17 0.79 67.3 1.11 4.81 0.69 0.56 81.7 0.79 5.55
Compartment model − 2LL AIC − 2LL AIC
Model selection
 One 356 363 283 290
 Two (with KPC–KCP) 315 326 258 269
 Two (with KPC–KCP and the additional of SeCr on CL) 306 317 249 260
 Two (with KPC–KCP and the additional of eGFRCKD-EPI without allometric scale on CL)a 312 323 256 268
 Two (with KPC–KCP and the additional of eGFRCKD-EPI with allometric scale on CL)a 314 325 252 263

− 2LL − 2*Log-likelihood at each cycle, AIC Akaike Information Criterion at each cycle, CL clearance, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, KCP the rate constant from the central compartment to the peripheral compartment, KPC the rate constant from the peripheral compartment to the central compartment, PK pharmacokinetic, V volume of central compartment

aAllometric scale value: 0.75