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Table 1 Patients' characteristics at baseline

From: An international survey on aminoglycoside practices in critically ill patients: the AMINO III study

Variables

n

Value

Age (years)

929

63 ± 15

Female

928

364 (39%)

Weight (TBW, kg)

922

77 ± 20

Height (cm)

898

169 ± 9.5

BMI (kg m−2)

897

27 ± 6.8

Medical/surgical admission

929

512 (55%)/417 (44.8%)

SAPS II

792

51 [38;65]

APACHE

109

22 [15;28]

SOFA

921

8 [6;11]

Creatinine level (µmol L−1)

930

133 ± 120

Albumin (g L−1)

407

27 ± 7

Protein (g L−1)

773

55.6 ± 12.3

  1. For continuous variables mean ± standard deviation or median [interquartile range] are given. For categorical variables, numbers (%) are given
  2. TBW: total body weight; BMI: body mass index; ICU: intensive-care medicine