| Literature DB >> 35535712 |
Olivia Reid1, Janet Ngo1, Samanta Lalic1,2,3, Elizabeth Su1, Rohan A Elliott1,2,4.
Abstract
AIMS: To describe paracetamol dosing and liver function test (LFT) monitoring in older hospital inpatients who are frail or have low body weight.Entities:
Keywords: acetaminophen (paracetamol); aged; frail elderly; inpatients; prescriptions
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Year: 2022 PMID: 35535712 PMCID: PMC9546042 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.15394
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Clin Pharmacol ISSN: 0306-5251 Impact factor: 3.716
FIGURE 1Patient selection. FI‐Lab = Frailty Index based on laboratory and physiological test data. *Aged >70 years, not admitted under palliative care or psychiatry units or for an elective procedure, length‐of‐stay >72 hours
Patient demographics
| <50 kg ( | Frail and >50 kg ( | Combined ( | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| 85.5 (7.3) | 83.8 (6.4) | 84.7 (6.9) |
|
| F = 109 (90.8) | F = 57 (47.5) | F = 166 (69.2) |
| M = 11 (9.2) | M = 63 (52.5) | M = 74 (30.8) | |
|
| 45.0 (41.2–47.2, 29.5–49.9) | 73.8 (64.7–84.2, 50.0–141.0) | 50.0 (45.0–73.7, 29.5–141.0) |
|
| 11.5 (3.7, 1–20) | 10.8 (4.2, 2–23) | 10.1 (4.1, 1–23) |
|
| Surgical: 24 (20.0) | Surgical: 21 (17.5) | Surgical: 45 (18.8) |
| Medical: 96 (80.0) | Medical: 99 (82.5) | Medical: 195 (81.3) | |
|
| 0.2 (0.1, 0.0–0.5) | 0.4 (0.1, 0.3–0.7) | 0.3 (0.1, 0–0.7) |
FI‐Lab, Frailty Index based on laboratory and physiological test data; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.
Surgical includes: cardiac surgery, general surgery, neurosurgery, orthopaedics, vascular surgery, ear, nose and throat/head and neck unit, plastic surgery, thoracic surgery; medical includes: general medicine, cardiology, geriatrics, haematology, oncology, rehabilitation, renal, respiratory, stroke, urology, rheumatology, clinical pharmacology/toxicology, gastroenterology.
26 patients with body weight <50 kg did not have sufficient data to calculate an FI‐Lab score.
Inpatient paracetamol administration
| <50 kg ( | Frail and >50 kg ( | Combined ( | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| 100/120 (83.3) | 104/120 (86.7) | 204/240 (85.0) |
|
| 77/120 (64.2) | 73/120 (60.8) | 150/240 (62.5) |
|
| 48/77 (62.3) | 39/73 (53.4) | 87/150 (58.0) |
|
| 6.0 (3.0–14.5, 0–51) | 7.0 (2.8–14.0, 0–69) | 6.0 (3.0–14.0, 0–69) |
|
| 3.0 (IQR: 0.0–6.0, 0.0–46.0) | 3.0 (0.0–8.0, 0.0–29.0) | 3.0 (0.0–8.0, 0.0–46.0) |
IQR, interquartile range.
^ Excludes the day of admission and the day of discharge, when a full daily paracetamol dose could not have been administered in hospital.
Higher than recommended paracetamol dose ≥60 mg/kg/d for patients <50 kg or >3000 mg/d for frail older patients.
53/120 (44.2%) patients <50 kg received a paracetamol dose >75 mg/kg/d.
Liver function test monitoring
| <50 kg ( | Frail and >50 kg ( | Combined ( | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| 98/120 (81.7) | 103/120 (85.8) | 201/240 (83.8) |
|
| 65/98 (66.3) | 86/102 (84.3) | 151/200 (75.5) |
|
| 80/120 (66.7) | 87/120 (72.5) | 167/240 (69.6) |
|
| 38/80 (47.5) | 55/86 (64.0) | 93/166 (56.0) |
LFT, liver function test.
Discharge paracetamol prescribing
| <50 kg ( | Frail and >50 kg ( | Combined ( | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| 71/120 (59.2) | 67/120 (55.8) | 138/240 (57.5) |
|
| 49/71 (69.0) | 48/67 (71.6) | 97/138 (70.3) |
|
| 60/71 (84.5) | 52/67 (77.6) | 112/138 (81.2) |
Higher than recommended dose ≥60 mg/kg/d for patients <50 kg or >3000 mg/d for frail older patients.
52/71 (73.2%) patients <50 kg received a paracetamol dose >75 mg/kg/d.