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. 2009 Sep 14;53(12):5303–5305. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01600-08

TABLE 2.

Pharmacokinetics of unbound cephalothin in patients with severe burns and in a healthy volunteer control group

Patient Cmax (mg/liter) AUC0-∞ (mg/h/liter) MRT (h) t1/2 (h) Vss (liters/kg) CLT (liters/h/kg) t1/2β (h) CLCR (ml/min) % Protein binding
1 30.5 13.36 0.95 0.66 0.81 0.85 1.25 163 65
2 32.9 7.00 0.39 0.27 0.79 2.04 0.81 202 63
3 24.6 12.76 0.73 0.51 0.72 0.98 0.86 169 46
4 35.9 15.72 1.07 0.74 0.85 0.80 1.17 81 62
5 32.1 6.92 0.30 0.21 0.48 1.61 0.76 170 72
6 21.8 10.05 0.58 0.40 0.64 1.11 0.91 64 65
7 65.9 14.63 0.45 0.31 0.44 0.98 0.95 125 58
8 23.6 7.00 0.35 0.24 0.50 1.43 0.66 307 51
9 80.9 21.01 0.53 0.37 0.46 0.87 0.82 52 52
Mean (SD) for:
    Patients 38.7 (19.4) 12.05 (4.52) 0.59 (0.25) 0.41 (0.18) 0.63 (0.16) 1.19 (0.40) 0.91 (0.18) 148 (75) 59 (8)
    Volunteers (n = 5) 21.3 (5.5) 9.89 (2.83) 0.38 (0.03) 0.26 (0.02) 0.60 (0.09) 1.58 (0.15) 0.74 (0.12) 98 (19) 71 (2)