Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of sedatives and analgesics in the treatment of agitated critically ill patients

Clinical Pharmacokinetics
B K Wagner, D A O'Hara

Abstract

The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of sedatives and analgesics are significantly altered in the critically ill. These changes may account for the large differences in drug dosage requirements compared with other patient populations. Drugs that in other settings may be considered short-acting often have significantly altered onset and duration of action in critically ill patients, necessitating a change in dosage. Of the benzodiazepines, lorazepam is the drug whose parameters are the least likely to be altered in critical illness. The presence of active metabolites with other benzodiazepines complicates their use during periods of prolonged use. Similarly, the presence of active metabolites of morphine and pethidine (meperidine) warrants caution in patients with renal insufficiency. The fewer cardiovascular effects seen with high-potency opioids, such as fentanyl and sufentanil, increase their usefulness in haemodynamically compromised patients. The pharmacodynamics of propofol are not significantly altered in the critically ill. Ketamine should be used with a benzodiazepine to prevent the emergence of psychomimetic reactions. Lower sedative doses of benzodiazepines and anaesthetics may not provide reliable amnesia. Barbi...Continue Reading

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