Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 2010
Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modeling of the hypotensive effect of remifentanil in infants undergoing cranioplasty.
Although remifentanil has been used to induce hypotension during surgery in infants, no pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PKPD) model exists for its quantitative analysis. Our aim was to determine the quantitative relationship between whole blood remifentanil concentration and its hypotensive effect during surgery in infants. ⋯ Remifentanil is effective in causing hypotension. The final model predicts that a steady state remifentanil concentration of 14 ng.ml(-1) would typically achieve a 30% decrease in MAP.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 2010
The effect of a target controlled infusion of propofol on predictability of recovery from anesthesia in children.
Emergence following termination of a general anesthetic depends on the effect site concentration (C(e)) of the drug declining to an awakening value (C(e)-awake). C(e)-awake has been described in adults, but is unknown in children. ⋯ A predicted C(e)-awake of 2.0 microg x ml(-1) in children aged 3 months to <10 years was identified with the selected model. For expert users of propofol in children, during shorter surgical procedures, TCI predicted emergence times do not offer significant clinical advantages.