• Vet Anaesth Analg · Sep 2019

    A pharmacokinetic model optimized by covariates for propofol target-controlled infusion in dogs.

    • Andrea Cattai, Roberto Bizzotto, Petra Cagnardi, Federica Di Cesare, and Paolo Franci.
    • Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy. Electronic address: andrea.cattai.vet@gmail.com.
    • Vet Anaesth Analg. 2019 Sep 1; 46 (5): 568-578.

    ObjectiveTo develop a population pharmacokinetic model for propofol target-controlled infusion (TCI) in dogs and to evaluate its performance for use in the clinical setting.Study DesignProspective clinical study.AnimalsA group of 40 client-owned dogs undergoing general anaesthesia for magnetic resonance imaging.MethodsPropofol was administered to 26 premedicated dogs and arterial blood samples were collected during the infusion and over 240 minutes after terminating the infusion. Propofol concentrations were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. A population pharmacokinetic analysis was performed using a nonlinear mixed-effects modelling approach, allowing inter- and intra-individual variability estimation and quantitative evaluation of the influence of the following covariates: weight, body condition score, age, size-related age (Age_size), sex, premedication type, size and contrast agent administration. A final model was obtained using a stepwise approach in which individual covariate effects on each pharmacokinetic variable were incorporated. The performance of the developed TCI model was subsequently evaluated while inducing and maintaining anaesthesia in 14 premedicated dogs and assessed by comparing predicted and measured concentrations at specific time points.ResultsPropofol pharmacokinetics was best described by a three-compartment model. Weight, Age_size, premedication and sex showed significant pharmacokinetic effects. Addition of the significant covariate/variable associations to the final model resulted in a reduction of the objective function value from 285.53 to -22.34. The median values of prediction error and absolute performance error were 3.1% and 28.4%, respectively. Induction targets between 4.0 and 6.5 μg mL-1 allowed intubation within 5.0 ± 0.9 minutes. Anaesthesia was achieved with targets between 3.0 and 6.5 μg mL-1. Mean time to extubation was 9.7 ± 2.6 minutes. All dogs recovered smoothly and without complications.Conclusions And Clinical RelevanceOverall predictive performance of the pharmacokinetic model-driven infusion developed was clinically acceptable for administering propofol to dogs in routine anaesthesia.Copyright © 2019 Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists and American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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