Ropivacaine Plasma Concentrations after 192-Hour High Dose Epidural Ropivacaine Infusion in a Pediatric Patient without Side Effects

This case report discusses continuous epidural administration of ropivacaine 0.56 mg kg−1 h −1 for 8 days in a 7-year-old trauma patient to prevent pain, after performing a lower right and upper left leg guillotine amputation. Venous sampling after 8 days revealed bound and unbound ropivacaine conce...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Glenn van de Vossenberg, Selina van der Wal, Andrea Müller, Edward Tan, Kris Vissers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9150980
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849305534522458112
author Glenn van de Vossenberg
Selina van der Wal
Andrea Müller
Edward Tan
Kris Vissers
author_facet Glenn van de Vossenberg
Selina van der Wal
Andrea Müller
Edward Tan
Kris Vissers
author_sort Glenn van de Vossenberg
collection DOAJ
description This case report discusses continuous epidural administration of ropivacaine 0.56 mg kg−1 h −1 for 8 days in a 7-year-old trauma patient to prevent pain, after performing a lower right and upper left leg guillotine amputation. Venous sampling after 8 days revealed bound and unbound ropivacaine concentrations of 1.1 mg/l and 0.06 mg/l in plasma, respectively. Arterial sampling for bound and unbound ropivacaine was 1.2 mg/l and 0.05 mg/l in plasma, respectively. In this case report, long-term high dose epidural infiltration of ropivacaine did not result in severe side effects or complications. Further studies are needed to explore safety of these concentrations in larger populations of children.
format Article
id doaj-art-06cc7a3549ee4cb392ffa7e72979180d
institution Kabale University
issn 2090-6382
2090-6390
language English
publishDate 2018-01-01
publisher Wiley
record_format Article
series Case Reports in Anesthesiology
spelling doaj-art-06cc7a3549ee4cb392ffa7e72979180d2025-08-20T03:55:24ZengWileyCase Reports in Anesthesiology2090-63822090-63902018-01-01201810.1155/2018/91509809150980Ropivacaine Plasma Concentrations after 192-Hour High Dose Epidural Ropivacaine Infusion in a Pediatric Patient without Side EffectsGlenn van de Vossenberg0Selina van der Wal1Andrea Müller2Edward Tan3Kris Vissers4Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, NetherlandsDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, NetherlandsDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, NetherlandsDepartment of Surgery, Radboudumc, NetherlandsDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, NetherlandsThis case report discusses continuous epidural administration of ropivacaine 0.56 mg kg−1 h −1 for 8 days in a 7-year-old trauma patient to prevent pain, after performing a lower right and upper left leg guillotine amputation. Venous sampling after 8 days revealed bound and unbound ropivacaine concentrations of 1.1 mg/l and 0.06 mg/l in plasma, respectively. Arterial sampling for bound and unbound ropivacaine was 1.2 mg/l and 0.05 mg/l in plasma, respectively. In this case report, long-term high dose epidural infiltration of ropivacaine did not result in severe side effects or complications. Further studies are needed to explore safety of these concentrations in larger populations of children.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9150980
spellingShingle Glenn van de Vossenberg
Selina van der Wal
Andrea Müller
Edward Tan
Kris Vissers
Ropivacaine Plasma Concentrations after 192-Hour High Dose Epidural Ropivacaine Infusion in a Pediatric Patient without Side Effects
Case Reports in Anesthesiology
title Ropivacaine Plasma Concentrations after 192-Hour High Dose Epidural Ropivacaine Infusion in a Pediatric Patient without Side Effects
title_full Ropivacaine Plasma Concentrations after 192-Hour High Dose Epidural Ropivacaine Infusion in a Pediatric Patient without Side Effects
title_fullStr Ropivacaine Plasma Concentrations after 192-Hour High Dose Epidural Ropivacaine Infusion in a Pediatric Patient without Side Effects
title_full_unstemmed Ropivacaine Plasma Concentrations after 192-Hour High Dose Epidural Ropivacaine Infusion in a Pediatric Patient without Side Effects
title_short Ropivacaine Plasma Concentrations after 192-Hour High Dose Epidural Ropivacaine Infusion in a Pediatric Patient without Side Effects
title_sort ropivacaine plasma concentrations after 192 hour high dose epidural ropivacaine infusion in a pediatric patient without side effects
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9150980
work_keys_str_mv AT glennvandevossenberg ropivacaineplasmaconcentrationsafter192hourhighdoseepiduralropivacaineinfusioninapediatricpatientwithoutsideeffects
AT selinavanderwal ropivacaineplasmaconcentrationsafter192hourhighdoseepiduralropivacaineinfusioninapediatricpatientwithoutsideeffects
AT andreamuller ropivacaineplasmaconcentrationsafter192hourhighdoseepiduralropivacaineinfusioninapediatricpatientwithoutsideeffects
AT edwardtan ropivacaineplasmaconcentrationsafter192hourhighdoseepiduralropivacaineinfusioninapediatricpatientwithoutsideeffects
AT krisvissers ropivacaineplasmaconcentrationsafter192hourhighdoseepiduralropivacaineinfusioninapediatricpatientwithoutsideeffects