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. 2014 Dec;58(12):7331–7339. doi: 10.1128/AAC.03510-14

TABLE 3.

Estimated population pharmacokinetic parameters of CMS and colistin for the final model based on the data from the 12 patients of the current study

Drug by sample type Description Parameter Units Typical value (RSE%) IIV %CVa (RSE%) IOV %CVb (RSE%)
Lung
    CMS Fraction of the dose that reaches the ELF Faero 0.09 (26) 91 (43)
Clearance of CMS from lung to plasma CLIN_CMS μl/min 15.1 (31) 57 (52)
Clearance of CMS from plasma to lung CLOUT_CMS μl/min 6.0 (90) 128 (67)
Presystemic clearance of CMS to colistin CLps_CMS μl/min 2.6 (37) 108 (50)
    CMS and colistin Epithelial lining fluid vol VELF ml 1.2 (0.24)
    Colistin Clearance of colistin from lung to plasma CLIN_COL μl/min 9.8 (31) 75 (73)
Clearance of colistin from plasma to lung CLOUT_COL μl/min 12.7 (58) 107 (81)
Plasma
    CMS Vol of distribution of CMS VCMS Liters 15.3 (12) 38 (47)
Renal clearance of CMS CLR_CMS ml/min 64.6 (6.8) 93 (55) 61 (40)
Nonrenal clearance of CMS CLNR_CMS ml/min 46.3 (0.06)
    Colistin Apparent vol of distribution of colistin VCOL/fm Liters 13.7 (15) 44 (58)
Apparent total clearance of colistin CLCOL/fm ml/min 53.1 (8.4) 38 (74) 42 (46)
a

IIV %CV, interindividual variability (expressed as a coefficient of variation).

b

IOV %CV, interoccasion variability (expressed as a coefficient of variation).