• Anesthesiology · Nov 1997

    Bioavailability of intramuscular rocuronium in infants and children.

    • L M Reynolds, M Lau, R Brown, A Luks, M Sharma, and D M Fisher.
    • Department of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0648, USA.
    • Anesthesiology. 1997 Nov 1;87(5):1096-105.

    BackgroundIntramuscular rocuronium, in doses of 1,000 microg/kg in infants and 1,800 microg/kg in children, produces complete twitch depression in 5-6 min. To determine the rate and extent of absorption of rocuronium after intramuscular administration, blood was sampled at various intervals after rocuronium administration by both intramuscular and intravenous routes to determine plasma concentrations (Cp) of rocuronium.MethodsTwenty-nine pediatric patients ages 3 months to 5 yr were anesthetized with N2O and halothane. The trachea was intubated, ventilation was controlled, and adductor pollicis twitch tension was measured. When anesthetic conditions were stable, rocuronium (1,000 microg/kg for infants and 1,800 microg/kg for children) was injected either intramuscularly (in the deltoid muscle) or intravenously. Four venous plasma samples were obtained from each child 2-240 min after rocuronium administration. A mixed-effects population pharmacokinetic analysis was applied to these values to determine bioavailability, absorption rate constant, and time to peak Cp with intramuscular administration.ResultsWith intramuscular administration, rocuronium's bioavailability averaged 82.6% and its absorption rate constant was 0.105 min(-1). Simulation indicated that Cp peaked 13 min after rocuronium was given intramuscularly, and that 30 min after intramuscular administration, less than 4% of the administered dose remained to be absorbed from the intramuscular depot.ConclusionsAfter rocuronium is administered into the deltoid muscle, plasma concentrations peak at 13 min, and approximately 80% of the administered drug is absorbed systemically.

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