TABLE 1.

Patient characteristics

Patient	Age (yr)	Sexa	Diagnosis	APACHE II score	Tissue edema score	Concn of creatinine in plasma (μmol/liter)	CLCR (ml/min)
1	64	M	Esophagectomy	6	4	97	109.6
2	29	F	Necrotizing fascitis	7	8	65	93.6
3	65	M	Femoral popliteal bypass	13	16	68	28.9
4	64	F	Fecal peritonitis	18	17	54	36.9
5	71	F	Meningioma	22	3	72	51.1
6	72	M	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	24	16	100	47.8
7	38	M	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	12	3	112	97.3
8	57	M	Fecal peritonitis	10	13	81	59.0
9	53	M	Perioperative cardiac arrest	23	6	81	Not available
10	82	F	Sigmoid volvulus	9	16	90	36.9
11	62	F	Aspiration pneumonia	8	18	85	65.3
12	66	F	Abdominal sepsis	12	18	44	54.7
13	76	M	Subdural hemorrhage	15	15	108	67.5
14	64	F	Gastrointestinal hemorrhage	15	18	52	35.7
15	46	F	Pancreatitis	9	18	58	70.2
Mean	59.3					77.8	61.1
SD	14.6					21.1	24.9
Median				12	16

^aM, male; F, female.