Table 3.
Parameter (units) | Typical values (95% confidence-intervala) |
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Clearance: CL (L/h)b | 8.05 (6.85–8.81) |
Central volume of distribution: V (L)b | 46.3 (37.2–56.0) |
Intercompartmental clearance: Q (L/h)b | 7.79 (6.34–9.05) |
Peripheral volume of distribution: V2 (L)b | 82.6 (65.1–101.5) |
Bioavailability: F | 1 FIXED |
Mean absorption transit time: MTT (h) | 0.763 (0.655–0.910) |
Number of absorption transit compartments: NN (n) | 11.6 (5.03–23.8) |
First-order absorption rate constant: Ka (1/h) | 0.551 (0.437–0.696) |
Slope of AAG concentration effect on CLc | −0.582 (−0.236 to −0.667) |
BSV (%) | |
Clearance | 32.4 (25.5–40.8) |
BOV (%) | |
Bioavailability | 44.4 (31.7–55.5) |
Mean absorption transit time | 60.8 (48.8–79.7) |
First-order absorption rate constant | 43.4 (31.8–58.5) |
Residual unexplained error | |
Proportional error (%) | 12.5 (10.6–15.0) |
Additive error (mg/L) | 0.291 (0.202–0.382) |
BOV, between-occasion variability.
aBased on sampling importance resampling.
bAll clearances and volumes of distribution were allometrically scaled, and the typical values reported here refer to a child weighing 26 kg.
cThe relationship between CL and AAG is as follows: , where Weighti, CLi and AAGi are the values of weight, CL and AAG for patient i.