Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Clonidine is a useful analgesic-sedative agent; however, few data exist regarding its use in infants after congenital heart disease surgery. We thus aimed to assess the absorption and safety of enterally administered clonidine in this setting. METHODS:Sixteen infants (median age 6.7 months) received a single nasogastric dose of 3 μg kg(-1) clonidine 2-6 h after surgery. Blood samples were obtained at seven time intervals (up to 480 min). Plasma concentration profiles were obtained, and then pooled with a previous study (137 samples, 30 infants) for estimation of population pharmacokinetic parameters (NONMEM version 7.2). RESULTS:Enteral absorption showed considerable inter-individual variability, with clonidine Cmax ranging from 0.15 to 1.55 ng ml(-1) (median 0.73), and Tmax from 12 to 478 min (median 190). Although therapeutic sedative plasma concentrations were achieved in 94% of patients, only half had attained this by 70 min post-dose. Patients who did not receive inotropes exhibited a positive association between cumulative morphine dose and Tmax (interaction effect P=0.03); this was not seen among those receiving inotropes. The haemodynamic profile was favourable; few patients required fluid boluses, and this bore no relationship to plasma clonidine concentration. Population pharmacokinetic parameter estimation yielded results similar to previous paediatric studies: clearance 13.7 litre h(-1) 70 kg(-1) and Vd 181 litre 70 kg(-1). CONCLUSIONS:Early postoperative enteral clonidine produces favourable haemodynamic profiles and therapeutic plasma concentrations in the majority of cardiac surgical infants; however, the time to achieve this can be erratic. Thus, parenteral administration may be preferable if rapid analgo-sedative effects are needed.
journal_name
Br J Anaesthjournal_title
British journal of anaesthesiaauthors
Arenas-Lopez S,Mulla H,Manna S,Durward A,Murdoch IA,Tibby SMdoi
10.1093/bja/aeu258subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-12-01 00:00:00pages
964-9issue
6eissn
0007-0912issn
1471-6771pii
S0007-0912(17)30652-9journal_volume
113pub_type
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