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Current trends in vasopressor use to the operating room : a pharmacoepidemiologic study in French teaching and military hospitals

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Bauducel, M., Piriou, V., Dussart, C., Aulagner, G. and Armoiry, Xavier (2017) Current trends in vasopressor use to the operating room : a pharmacoepidemiologic study in French teaching and military hospitals. Annales Pharmaceutiques Françaises . doi:10.1016/j.pharma.2017.02.001 ISSN 0003-4509.

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Abstract

Objectives:
Phenylephrine, ephedrine and norepinephrine are the vasopressors most commonly used in the operating room to treat anaesthesia-induced hypotension. Two new diluted forms of phenylephrine were released in 2011 (500 μg/10 mL and 500 μg/5 mL). We initiated a study to evaluate trends in the use of vasopressors in the operating room in French hospitals over the period 2011–2014.

Methods:
We conducted a longitudinal, retrospective, observational study between 2011 and 2014 in French teaching and military hospitals. A questionnaire was sent in February 2015 to hospital pharmacists of each centre to retrospectively collect the consumption of each type of vasopressor. Yearly numbers of vasopressor ampoules were divided by the yearly numbers of anaesthetics recorded. For each vasopressor, we calculated the number of ampoules per 100 anaesthetics recorded (/100A).

Results:
Thirty-two hospitals (82%) completed the questionnaire. One hundred per cent of hospitals had registered the diluted form of phenylephrine (61% had chosen the dilution 500 μg/10 mL), whereas concentrated ampoules were available in 68% of hospitals. Over the period, an exponential increase in the use of diluted phenylephrine was observed (from 1.0 ampoule/100A in 2012 to 31.7 in 2014), the use of ephedrine remained stable (26 ampoules and 17 prefilled syringe/100A), and use of norepinephrine trended upwards (from 6.7 to 8.2 ampoules/100A).

Conclusions:
The use of diluted phenylephrine has exponentially increased without reducing consumption of other vasopressors. This trend might be secondary to practice changes in hypotension treatment following the release of French guidelines in 2013 related to fluid management, the restriction of indications of hydroxylethyl-starch solutions in 2013, and a better knowledge of the benefit of blood pressure optimisation to reduce postoperative morbidity.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Population, Evidence & Technologies (PET)
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Vasoconstrictors, Pharmacoepidemiology, Noradrenaline, Ephedrine, Ethylbenzene
Journal or Publication Title: Annales Pharmaceutiques Françaises
Publisher: Elsevier Masson
ISSN: 0003-4509
Official Date: 24 March 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
24 March 2017Available
8 February 2017Accepted
18 December 2016Submitted
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharma.2017.02.001
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 27 March 2017
Date of first compliant Open Access: 24 March 2018

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