Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Efficacy of Terlipressin Delivered by Continuous Intravenous Infusion in Patients with Cirrhosis and Refractory Ascites

Table 1

Baseline characteristics for individual patients.

	101	102	103	104	105	106
Age, years	60	64	36	61	61	63
Race	Black	White	White	White	Black	White
Weight, kg	85.1	89.8	71.2	120.7	75.6	84.0
Cirrhosis etiology	Hepatitis C/alcohol	Hepatitis C	Alcohol	Alcohol	Alcohol	Hepatitis C/alcohol
Child-Pugh score (class)	10 (C)	8 (B)	11 (C)	7 (B)	8 (B)	11 (C)
MELD score	16	12	22	13	9	18
Serum creatinine, mg/dL	1.6	1.1	2.0	1.2	0.8	1.1
Sodium, mmol/L	142	141	132	141	139	135
24 h urinary sodium excretion, mmol/d	0	0	2.6	10.5	150	10.2