Table 1.
Demographic patient characteristics
| Characteristic | Value by patient no.: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Age (yrs) | 64 | 43 | 56 | 39 | 67 |
| Ht (cm) | 172 | 164 | 180 | 175 | 175 |
| Wt (kg) | 85 | 58 | 85 | 95 | 100 |
| Creatinine clearance (ml · min−1) | 166 | 193 | 146 | 187 | 143 |
| Serum albumin (g · liter−1) | 28.9 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 28.4 | 24.4 |
| Serum total proteins (g · liter−1) | 52.0 | 51.5 | 60.0 | 52.8 | 52.0 |
| Diagnosisa | TBI | TBI | SAH | TBI | SAH |
| No. of cefotaxime doses before study | 14 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
| Corticotherapy (3 × 1 mg · kg−1 · d−1) | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
a
TBI, trauma brain injury; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage.