Allometric or lean body mass scaling of propofol pharmacokinetics: Towards simplifying parameter sets for target-controlled infusions

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dc.contributor.authorCoetzee J.F.
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-12T08:21:19Z
dc.date.available2012-04-12T08:21:19Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractUncertainty exists as to the most suitable pharmacokinetic parameter sets for propofol target-controlled infusions (TCI). The pharmacokinetic parameter sets currently employed are clearly not universally applicable, particularly when patient attributes differ from those of the subjects who participated in the original research from which the models were derived. Increasing evidence indicates that the pharmacokinetic parameters of propofol can be scaled allometrically as well as in direct proportion to lean body mass (LBM). Appraisal of hitherto published studies suggests that an allometrically scaled pharmacokinetic parameter set may be applicable to a wide range of patients ranging from children to obese adults. On the other hand, there is evidence that propofol pharmacokinetic parameters, scaled linearly to LBM, provide improved dosing in normal and obese adults. The 'Schnider' pharmacokinetic parameter set that has been programmed into commercially available TCI pumps cannot be employed at present for morbidly obese patients (body mass index >40kg/m 2), because of anomalous behaviour of the equation used to calculate LBM, resulting in administration of excessive amounts of propofol. Simulations of TCI using improved equations to calculate LBM indicate that the Schnider model delivers similar amounts of propofol to morbidly obese patients as do the allometrically scaled pharmacokinetic parameter sets. These hypotheses deserve further investigation. To facilitate further investigation, researchers are encouraged to make their data freely available to the WorldSIVA Open TCI Initiative (http://opentci.org). © 2012 Adis Data Information BV. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.citationClinical Pharmacokinetics
dc.identifier.citation51
dc.identifier.citation3
dc.identifier.citation137
dc.identifier.citation145
dc.identifier.issn3125963
dc.identifier.other10.2165/11596980-000000000-00000
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20562
dc.subjectInfusion-pumps
dc.subjectPharmacokinetics
dc.subjectPharmacology
dc.subjectPropofol
dc.titleAllometric or lean body mass scaling of propofol pharmacokinetics: Towards simplifying parameter sets for target-controlled infusions
dc.typeArticle
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