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Pharmacokinetic pharmacodynamic modeling of analgesics and sedatives in children

Bardol, Maddlie; Pan, Shan; Walker, Suellen; Standing, Joseph; Dawes, Joy; (2023) Pharmacokinetic pharmacodynamic modeling of analgesics and sedatives in children. Paediatric Anaesthesia , 33 (10) pp. 781-792. 10.1111/pan.14712. Green open access

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Abstract

Pharmacokinetic pharmacodynamic modeling is an important tool which uses statistical methodology to provide a better understanding of the relationship between concentration and effect of drugs such as analgesics and sedatives. Pharmacokinetic pharmacodynamic models also describe between-subject variability that allows identification of subgroups and dose adjustment for optimal pain management in individual patients. This approach is particularly useful in the pediatric population, where most drugs have received limited evaluation and dosing is extrapolated from adult practice. In children, the covariates of weight and age are used to describe size- and maturation-related changes in pharmacokinetics. It is important to consider both size and maturation in order to develop an accurate model and determine the optimal dose for different age groups. An adequate assessment of analgesic and sedative effect using pain scales or brain activity measures is essential to build reliable pharmacokinetic pharmacodynamic models. This is often challenging in children due to the multidimensional nature of pain and the limited sensitivity and specificity of some measurement tools. This review provides a summary of the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic methodology used to describe the dose-concentration-effect relationship of analgesics and sedation in children, with a focus on the different pharmacodynamic endpoints and the challenges of pharmacodynamic modeling.

Type: Article
Title: Pharmacokinetic pharmacodynamic modeling of analgesics and sedatives in children
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/pan.14712
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.14712
Language: English
Additional information: © 2023 The Authors. Pediatric Anesthesia published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: children; pain; pharmacodynamic; pharmacokinetic; sedation
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Neurosciences Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10191435
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