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8452267

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
A variable rate infusion regimen, designed to rapidly achieve and maintain a target arterial concentration (CT) of 100 micrograms.L-1 of alfentanil, was developed using the method of Plasma Drug Efflux. This method uses a series of clearance values (Ep), calculated as the ratio of instantaneous infusion rate/arterial plasma drug concentration normalized to lean body mass (LBM), at various sampling times during a suboptimal infusion regimen. Values of Ep are used to calculate an infusion rate versus time profile to achieve CT, and the process is repeated in consecutive small groups of subjects to yield an optimal result, i.e., it is an iterative process. Thirty-three adult surgical patients were given alfentanil during anesthesia for approximately 1 h before cardiopulmonary bypass. In an initial group of four patients, who received a simple two-stage infusion, plasma alfentanil concentration was measured at frequent intervals and Ep(L.min-1.kg LBM-1) was estimated at each sampling time. The calculated infusion-rate-versus-time profile to produce CT was obtained from the product Ep x CT for each time point and was transferred to the read-only memory of a computerized infusion pump. This new variable infusion profile was used in four patients, and the process was repeated in three further groups of 5, 8, and 12 patients using infusion profiles calculated from the previous group. Each set of concentration data was assessed by calculating the performance error (PE), the median performance error (MDPE), i.e., bias, and the median absolute value of PE (MDAPE), i.e., inaccuracy.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0003-2999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
556-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Preprogrammed infusion of alfentanil to constant arterial plasma concentration.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't