Association between oral sildenafil dosing, predicted exposure, and systemic hypotension in hospitalised infants
Association between oral sildenafil dosing, predicted exposure, and systemic hypotension in hospitalised infants
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DOI:
10.1017/s1047951117001639
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发表时间:
2018-01-01
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通讯作者:
Gonzalez, Daniel
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Hornik, Christoph P.;Onufrak, Nikolas J.;Gonzalez, Daniel
Background: The relationship between sildenafil dosing, exposure, and systemic hypotension in infants is incompletely understood. Objectives: The aim of this study was to characterise the relationship between predicted sildenafil exposure and hypotension in hospitalised infants. Methods: We extracted information on sildenafil dosing and clinical characteristics from electronic health records of 348 neonatal ICUs from 1997 to 2013, and we predicted drug exposure using a population pharmacokinetic model. Results: We identified 232 infants receiving sildenafil at a median dose of 3.2 mg/kg/day (2.0, 6.0). The median steady-state area under the concentration-time curve over 24 hours (AUC(24,SS)) and maximum concentration of sildenafil (C-max,C-SS,C-SIL) were 712 ngxhour/ml (401, 1561) and 129 ng/ml (69, 293), respectively. Systemic hypotension occurred in 9% of the cohort. In multivariable analysis, neither dosing nor exposure were associated with systemic hypotension: odds ratio = 0.96 (95% confidence interval: 0.81, 1.14) for sildenafil dose; 0.87 (0.59, 1.28) for AUC(24,SS); 1.19 (0.78, 1.82) for C-max,C-SS,C-SIL. Conclusions: We found no association between sildenafil dosing or exposure with systemic hypotension. Continued assessment of sildenafil's safety profile in infants is warranted.