Table 2. Hospital course characteristics by ceftriaxone dose.

	1 g (N=34)	2 g (N=57)	p-value
Length of stay (days)	13.24 ± 21.5	10.28 ± 7.2	0.443
ICU days	3.26 ± 6.9	0.59 ± 1.78	0.034*
Repeat paracentesis at index hospitalization (N, %)	14 (41)	32 (56)	0.167
Repeat paracentesis with >250 neutrophils (N, %)	7 (21)	11 (19)	0.881
30-day readmission (N, %)	11 (32)	16 (28)	0.665
Other inpatient antibiotics (N, %)	25 (74)	35 (61)	0.238
Total inpatient antibiotic days	8.4 ± 8.5	8.8 ± 6.3	0.821
Inpatient duration of ceftriaxone (days)	4.8 ± 3.1	5.3 ± 3.2	0.491
Creatinine at discharge	1.57 ± 1.04	1.41 ± 1.46	0.529

[[i] ICU = intensive care unit. * Not significant after controlling for MELD score]