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Table 3 Summary statistics of fluconazole serum concentrations after intravenous fosfluconazole administration

From: A sensitive method for analyzing fluconazole in extremely small volumes of neonatal serum

Parameters

 

Value

Number of neonates (male/female)

 

10 (6/4)

Number of scavenged sampling points

 

234

Sample volume

<  25 μL

208

≥ 25 μL

26

Median gestational age (weeks, range)

 

28.5 (23.3–33.4)

Median weight (g, range)

 

765 (470–1000)

Median height (cm, range)

 

33.0 (28.0–38.0)

Median fluconazole dose (mg/kg/dose, range)

 

3.1 (2.7–3.7)

Sample from arterial lines (n = 178)

Median time after dose (hour, range)

43.7 (0.5–479.7)

Median concentration (μg/mL, range)

2.8 (< 0.01–26.8)

Sample from heel-sticks (n = 56)

Median time after dose (hour, range)

40.0 (0.4–467.4)

Median concentration (μg/mL, range)

3.3 (< 0.01–25.9)