Famotidine Pharmacokinetics in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Autor: Gregory E. Scott, Claudine M. Majcher, David W. Amory, Bertil K.J. Wagner, Louis T. Di Fazio, Alan J. Spotnitz
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Drug Investigation. 8:271-277
ISSN: 1179-1918
0114-2402
DOI: 10.1007/bf03257439
Popis: In order to study the pharmacokinetics of famotidine in cardiac surgery patients, we administered famotidine 20mg by intravenous injection at the beginning of surgery and 12 hours after surgery in 8 patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. Total body clearance, volume of distribution, and elimination half-life were calculated using noncompartmental analysis and compared with published normal parameters (control) using a 2-tailed, 1-sample t-test. Intra- and postoperative clearances were 2.93 ± 1.06 and 3.18 ± 1.06 ml/min/kg, respectively, which were more than 50% less than the control value (6.07 ml/min/kg; p 0.08). Intra- and postoperative half-lives were 4.52 ± 2.21 hours and 4.27 ± 1.58 hours, respectively, which were more than 50% longer than control (2.92 hours; p
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