Table 1. Patient characteristics for 1 g versus 2 g ceftriaxone dose, given as N (%) for categorical variables or mean ± SD for continuous variables.

	Ceftriaxone 1 g (N=34)	Ceftriaxone 2 g (N=57)	p-value
Patient age (years)	59.59 ± 11.24	55.10 ± 13.45	0.105
Female gender	9 (26%)	19 (33%)	0.527
MELD	20.55 ± 8.17	18.16 ± 6.48	0.125
Culture positive SBP	6 (18%)	6 (11%)	0.331
Other infectious source*	5 (14%)	9 (16%)	0.890

[[i] Looking at patients admitted to a floor service, excluding prior transplants and prior episodes of SBP.]

[[ii] *Patients with documented pneumonia or urinary tract infection]

[[iii] MELD = Model for End-Stage Liver Disease. SBP = Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis.]