title: Pharmacokinetics of ketorolac in children after abdominal surgery.
abstract: The pharmacokinetics of 2 doses of intravenous ketorolac (0.5 and 0.9 mg x kg-1) were studied in 14 children (age 2-8 years). A single dose of the drug was injected into the dorsum vein of one hand. Blood samples were collected at regular time intervals for 6 hours. Serum ketorolac concentrations were assayed using a high pressure liquid chromatography method. Pharmacokinetic values were estimated by a nonlinear computer program. The distribution volume (Vdarea), the total clearance (Cltotal), and elimination half-life (t1/2 beta) were similar in both groups of children who either received 0.5 or 0.9 mg x kg-1 of ketorolac. The estimated geometric mean Vdarea, Cltotal, and t1/2 beta ratios (95% CI in parentheses) for 0.9 mg x kg-1:0.5 mg x kg-1 were 1.24 (0.82, 1.50), 1.14 (0.88, 1.23), and 1.083 (0.40, 1.81), respectively. The pharmacokinetic parameters found in this study are different from those found by other authors in adult subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Chemistry, Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: González-Martin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maggio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: González-Sotomayor
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zuniga
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D020910:Ketorolac; D008297:Male; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012984:Software; D014046:Tolmetin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D014046:Tolmetin; D020910:Ketorolac