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How Body Cooling Affects the Pharmacokinetics of Medications

How Body Cooling Affects the Pharmacokinetics of Medications. Annette L. Rickolt PCNS-BC, APN, RNC-NIC & Barbara McKinney, PharmD. Stated Learner Objectives. Explain the mechanism of action of Induced Hypothermia Therapy.

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How Body Cooling Affects the Pharmacokinetics of Medications

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  1. How Body Cooling Affects the Pharmacokinetics of Medications Annette L. Rickolt PCNS-BC, APN, RNC-NIC & Barbara McKinney, PharmD

  2. Stated Learner Objectives • Explain the mechanism of action of Induced Hypothermia Therapy. • Describe appropriate adjustments in prescribing practices for patients receiving Induced Hypothermia Therapy

  3. Induced Hypothermia • History of Cooling • Indications • Standard treatment procedures for neonates, pediatric and adult patients • What happens when the body is cooled? • Latest research in adjunct treatments

  4. When did cooling start ?

  5. When did cooling start? • 1722 As early as 300 years ago an essay exists describing the manner of infant immersion from London/Holland • 1939 Dr. Fay at Temple Univ. School of Medicine as treatment for metastatic disease and to achieve pain control • 1941 Used to treat schizophrenic symptoms • 1940s and 1950s Dr. Wilfred Bigelow deep hypothermia for cardiopulmonary bypass

  6. History Continued • 1954 to 1959 Dr. Hubert Rosomoff adjunct treatment for traumatic brain injury and cerebral vascular lesions at the Neurologic Institute of New York • Deep hypothermia was associated with lethal arrhythmias and increased infections which resulted in a decline in popularity • 1990 to 1995 decreased ICP, reduced mortality, and increased survival rates

  7. Neonatal Cooling • First reported in the therapy of infants after perinatal asphyxia in 1959 • No control group • Initiated after failed resuscitation • No consistency on how it was applied (temp and timing) • Safety and Efficacy could not be proven

  8. Neonatal Cooling • Gunn and Gluckman (2007) describe the uncontrolled case series in the 1950s and 1960s Reported outcomes were better than historical controls. (short term) • Preceded active resuscitation

  9. HIE: Incidence • Peripartum asphyxia affects 2-5 per 1000 live births in technically- developed countries • 0.5-1 per 1000 live births have subsequent moderate to severe HIE • Worldwide HIE results in death for 10-60% of affected infants • 25% of survivors have long term neurodevelopmental sequelae

  10. Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy • Results from decreased oxygen levels during the birth process • The decreased oxygen before or during birth can destroy cells in the infant’s brain • Damage continues for some time after initial insult

  11. HIE: Mechanism of Injury • Neuronal death occurs in two phases after a reversible hypoxic-ischemic global insult • What are these insults? • Cord prolapse • Placental Abruption • Maternal hypotension • Asphyxia due to shoulder dystocia

  12. HIE: Second Phase • “Delayed neuronal death” • Secondary phase believed to begin after a latent period of approximately 6 hours as originally identified in animal studies • Mechanisms causing the delayed death • Hyperemia • Cytotoxic edema and mitochondrial failure • Accumulation of excitotoxins • Active cell death • Nitric Oxide synthesis • Free radicals

  13. Ischemia Induced Neuronal Death Lee et al. (2000)

  14. What happens when the body is cooled? • Peripheral constriction and shunting of blood to the core organs • Decreased inflammatory response • The brain is protected by inhibiting depolarization and therefore by-products • Decreased Cerebral Metabolic Rate • Decreased Cerebral Edema • Decreased Intracranial Pressure

  15. Neuroprotection for the Neonate • Precise Mechanisms ? • Programmed cell death (Apoptosis) • Inflammatory Second Messengers • Excitotoxity after Hypoxic-Ischemia

  16. When else is hypothermia used in the Pediatric population • Post cardiac arrest • Survival to hospital discharge 2%-28% out of hospital CA • 14-42% after in-hospital CA • Many survivors have severe neurological disability • Traumatic brain injury

  17. Cardiac Arrest and Brain Injury • Period of increased sensitivity of the brain to secondary injury • Pediatric cardiac arrest is usually related to asphyxia instead of VF/VT as in adults • Brain injury is different based on cause of arrest Hickey, R. & Painter, M. (2006). Brain injury from cardiac arrest in children. Neurologic Clinics, 24, 147-158.

  18. Post Cardiac Arrest Treatment in Children • Avoid hypotension • Maintain normoxia • Maintain euglycemia • Avoid hyperventilation • Avoid hyperthermia • Avoid rewarming • Consider induced hypothermia • Hickey & Painter (2006)

  19. Protocol in Children Fink et al. (2010) Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh • After 2002 publications of adult randomized controlled trials began cooling children who were comatose after Cardiac Arrest • Cooling blanket, ice packs, fan, lowering room temp., gastric lavage with iced saline. One case iced IV saline. • Target- 34 (33.5-34.8) • Reached in 7 hours (5-8) • Maintained for 24 hrs (16- 48hrs) • Rewarming for 6 hrs (5-8hrs)

  20. Conclusions for Hypothermia as Treatment Post Cardiac Arrest • Hypothermia was not associated with survival • Hypothermia patients needed more electrolyte replacement • Hypothermia patients overcooled had greater mortality • Current American Heart Assoc. guidelines recommend consideration of use of HT for comatose survivors of pediatric CA

  21. Induced Hypothermia for Adults • Indications • Cardiac surgery • Intracranial hypertension • Ischemic Stroke • Post Cardiac Arrest

  22. Adult Protocols • 32-34 degrees C • 12-24 hours • Cooling Caps, Vests, Blankets • Cooled Fluids

  23. Adverse Effects of Hypothermia • Suppression of Immune Function • Prolongation of Clotting Times • Metabolic Effects • Cardiovascular Adaptation during cooling • Skin disturbances

  24. Fat Tissue Necrosis

  25. Pharmacology • Altered Pharmacokinetics • Altered Pharmacodynamics • Alterations in enzyme function Zanelli et al., 2011 • Morphine • Fentanyl • Midazolam • Vecuronium • Phenobarbital • Phenytoin • Topiramate • Gentamicin

  26. Effects of the Alterations • Clearance • Serum concentrations • Efficacy • Volume of distribution • Hepatic metabolism • Excretion of Unchanged drug

  27. Recommendations • Lower Starting doses • Conservative dose titration • Periodic discontinuation • Monitor serum concentrations and adjust • Change timing of dosing

  28. Pharmacologic Considerations of Rewarming • Monitor for increased response • Break through Seizures • Break through Pain • Increased oxygen consumption • Increased Heart rate • Decreased blood pressure

  29. Current Research on Adjunct Treatments • Stem Cell Treatment • Xenon • Erythropoietin

  30. Our Goal

  31. References Allen, K & Brandon, D (2011). Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy: Pathophysiology and experimental treatments. Newborn & Infant Nursing Reviews, 11(3), 125-133. Anderson, M., Longhofer,T., et al.(2007). Passive cooling to initiate hypothermia for transported encephalopathic newborns. Journal of Perinatology, 27, 592-593. Arpino,P.A. & Greer D.M. (2008). Practical pharmacologic aspects of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest. Pharmacotherapy, 28(1), 102-111. Battin, M., Dezoete,A., et al. (2001). Neurodevelopmental outcome of infants treated with head cooling and mild hypothermia after perinatal asphyxia. Pediatrics, 107(4), 480-484. Bayir,H., Adelson, D., et al. (2009). Therapeutic hypothermia preserves antioxidant defenses after severe traumatic brain injury in infants and children. Critical Care Medicine, 37(2), 689-695. De Mos, N., van Litsenberg, R., et al.(2006). Pediatric in-intensive care unit cardiac arrest: Incidence, survival, and predictive factors. Critical Care Medicine, 34, 1209-1215.

  32. References cont. Fink, E., Clark, R., et al. (2010). A tertiary care center’s experience with therapeutic hypothermia after pediatric cardiac arrest. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 11(1), 66-74. Foreman, S. & Thorngate, L. (2011). Amplitude-integrated electroencephalography: A new approach to enhancing neurologic nursing care in the neonatal intensive care unit. Newborn & Infant Nursing Reviews, 11(3), 134-140. Gunn,A. & Gluckman P. (2007). Head cooling for neonatal encephalopathy: The state of the art. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 50(3), 636-651. Hickey, R. & Painter, M. (2006). Brain injury from cardiac arrest in children. Neurologic Clinics, 24, 147-158. Jacobs, S., Hunt, R. et al. (2007). Cooling for newborns with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy. Cochrane Database for Systematic Reviews,4. retrieved January 15, 2008, from http:gateway.tx.ovid.com/gw2/ovidweb.cgi Keough, J.M. (2007). Determinants of outcome after head cooling for neonatal encephalopathy. Pediatrics,120(1), 171-172.

  33. References cont. Long,M. & Brandon, D. (2007). Induced hypothermia for neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. The Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 36(3), 293-298. Merchant, R.,Abella, B., et al. (2006). Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest: Unintentional overcooling is common using ice packs and conventional cooling blankets. Critical Care Medicine, 34(12), S490-S494. Navarani-Meury,S., Schneider,J., & Buhrer,C. (2007). Sclerema neonatorum after therapeutic whole-body hypothermia. Archives of Disease in Child, Fetal, and Neonatal Education, 92, F307. Newman, K. & DeLoach, D. (2011). Neonatal Hypothermia: A method to provide neuroprotection after hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Newborn & Infant Nursing Reviews, 11(3), 113-124. Shankaran,S. & Laptook,A. (2007). Hypothermia as a treatment for birth asphyxia. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 50(3), 624-635. Tortorici,M., Kochanek, P., Poloyac, S. (2007). Effects of hypothermia on drug disposition, metabolism, and response: A focus of hypothermia-mediated alterations on the cytochrome P450 enzyme system. Critical Care Medicine, 35(9), 2196-2204. Zanelli,S., Buck,M., Fairchild, K. (2011). Physiologic and pharmacologic considerations for hypothermia therapy in neonates. Journal of Perinatology, 31, 377-386.

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