• Journal of critical care · Oct 2017

    Concurrent intravenous drug administration to critically ill children: Evaluation of frequency and compatibility.

    • Melany Gaetani, Helena Frndova, Winnie Seto, and Christopher Parshuram.
    • Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Peter Gilgan Centre for Research & Learning [PGCRL], 686 Bay Street, 11th floor, Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada. Electronic address: melany.gaetani@gmail.com.
    • J Crit Care. 2017 Oct 1; 41: 198-203.

    PurposeTo evaluate the frequency of concurrent drug administration and drug-drug incompatibility of concurrently administered drugs in critically ill children based on available references.Materials And MethodsWe retrospectively evaluated concurrent intravenous drug administration in children admitted to a single centre. Eligible patients included those admitted to the critical care unit for at least 6-hours in the ten-year period ending 30 July 2015 and received two or more IV drug administrations. Compatibilities were classified using local reference documents.ResultsThe 16,863 eligible patients were admitted to ICU for 2,212,326h and received 3,664,667 concurrent administrations. Concurrent infusions ran for 6,263,600h. There were 2,284,066 (62%) concurrent administrations; 334,144 (9%) were compatible, 293,856 (8%) were incompatible, 293,856 (8%) required pharmacist consultation, and 752,601 (21%) had 'unknown' compatibility. Individual patients received a median (IQR) of 33 (10-132) concurrent administrations, comprised of 7 (1-30) concurrent injections 1 (0-5) concurrent infusions and 13 (0-74) concurrently administered injections and infusions.ConclusionsConcurrent IV-drug administration is frequent in critically ill children. Known incompatible concurrent administration occurs, however the compatibilities of many drug-drug pairs were unknown - adding complexity to routine bedside management and identifying information gaps for future research.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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