J Korean Med Sci.  2020 Mar;35(11):e70. 10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e70.

External Validation of a Pharmacokinetic Model of Propofol for Target-Controlled Infusion in Children under Two Years Old

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. dami0605@snu.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
  • 3Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Previously, a linked pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model (the Kim model) of propofol with concurrent infusion of remifentanil was developed for children aged 2-12 years. There are few options for pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model of propofol for children under two years old. We performed an external validation of the Kim model for children under two years old to evaluate whether the model is applicable to this age group.
METHODS
Twenty-four children were enrolled. After routine anesthetic induction, a continuous infusion of 2% propofol and remifentanil was commenced using the Kim model. The target effect-site concentration of propofol was set as 2, 3, 4, and 5 μg/mL, followed by arterial blood sampling after 10 min of each equilibrium. Population estimates of four parameters"”pooled bias, inaccuracy, divergence, and wobble"”were used to evaluate the performance of the Kim model.
RESULTS
A total of 95 plasma concentrations were used for evaluation of the Kim model. The population estimate (95% confidence interval) of bias was −0.96% (−8.45%, 6.54%) and that of inaccuracy was 21.0% (15.0%-27.0%) for the plasma concentration of propofol.
CONCLUSION
The pooled bias and inaccuracy of the pharmacokinetic predictions are clinically acceptable. Therefore, our external validation of the Kim model indicated that the model can be applicable to target-controlled infusion of propofol in children younger than 2 years, with the recommended use of actual bispectral index monitoring in clinical settings that remifentanil is present. Trial Registration Clinical Research Information Service Identifier: TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinical Research Information Service Identifier: KCT0001752

Keyword

Anesthesiology; Pediatrics; Population Pharmacokinetics; Modeling & Simulation

MeSH Terms

Anesthesiology
Bias (Epidemiology)
Child*
Consciousness Monitors
Humans
Information Services
Pediatrics
Plasma
Propofol*
Propofol
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