Licia Lugli, Elisabetta Garetti, Bianca Maria Goffredo, Francesco Candia, Sara Crestani, Caterina Spada, Isotta Guidotti, Luca Bedetti, Francesca Miselli, Elisa Muttini Della Casa, Maria Federica Roversi, Raffaele Simeoli, Sara Cairoli, Daniele Merazzi, Paola Lago, Lorenzo Iughetti, Alberto Berardi
Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is the standard of care for newborns with moderate to severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Discomfort and pain during treatment are common and may affect the therapeutic efficacy of TH. Opioid sedation and analgesia (SA) are generally used in clinical practice, and fentanyl is one of the most frequently administered drugs. However, although fentanyl's pharmacokinetics (PKs) may be altered by hypothermic treatment, the PK behavior of this opioid drug in cooled newborns with HIE has been poorly investigated...
August 27, 2023: Biomedicines