• Labdhi Parikh and Robert MacLaren.
• Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aurora, CO, United States.
• J Crit Care. 2018 Apr 1; 44: 95-100.

PurposeThis study evaluated the predictive performances of four equations (Sheiner-Tozer [ST], Kane-modified ST, Anderson-modified ST, and Cheng-modified ST) used to estimate free phenytoin concentrations in a medical intensive care unit (MICU) and assessed the impact of exogenously administered albumin.MethodsThirty MICU subjects receiving phenytoin were retrospectively evaluated. Predictive performances were assessed by mean absolute error (MAE), mean prediction error (MPE), and root mean squared error (RMSE); linear regression of predicted vs. actual unbound concentrations; and Bland-Altman plots. Parameters were further delineated by recent exogenous albumin administration.ResultsThe measured unbound phenytoin concentration was 2.14±0.84μg/mL for all 90 levels, 1.89±0.92μg/mL for the 58 levels without albumin, and 2.58±0.83μg/mL (p<0.0001 vs. without albumin) for the 32 levels after exogenous albumin. R2 values were below 0.4 for all equations. The ST equation over-predicted unbound concentrations whereas all other equations under-estimated unbound concentrations. All equations possessed bias and lacked precision. Bland-Altman plots demonstrated greatest bias with the ST equation. Albumin administration introduced additional bias, limited precision, reduced R2 values, and completely negated the performances of the ST and Kane-modified ST equations.ConclusionEstimating unbound concentrations with equations in the MICU population is discouraged.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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