Shelby R Warring, Jessica M Biggs, Jill A Morgan, Kristine A Parbuoni
{"title":"Comparison of Adverse Effect Profiles of Nafcillin and Oxacillin in Pediatric Patients.","authors":"Shelby R Warring, Jessica M Biggs, Jill A Morgan, Kristine A Parbuoni","doi":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.645","DOIUrl":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.645","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Data comparing the safety profiles of nafcillin and oxacillin are limited in the pediatric patient setting. This study was conducted to compare adverse effect profiles of nafcillin and oxacillin.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a single center retrospective study including patients admitted to a children's hospital who received either nafcillin or oxacillin. Patients were excluded if they were older than 18 years or if therapy duration was less than 48 hours. The primary objective was to compare the cumulative sum of adverse effects of nafcillin to oxacillin, including incidence of hypokalemia, nephrotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, neutropenia, infusion-related reactions, loss of intravenous access, and early discontinuation of therapy. Secondary endpoints included comparison of the incidence of each adverse effect collected.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty-three patient encounters (representing 46 patients) were included, with 17 patients receiving nafcillin and 36 patients receiving oxacillin. There was no difference between the cumulative sum of adverse effects for nafcillin (n = 16) and oxacillin (n = 45), p = 1. Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurred with both nafcillin and oxacillin at similar rates (21% vs 30%; p = 0.72), as well as hypokalemia for both nafcillin and oxacillin (50% vs 43%; p = 0.46). All but 1 patient who experienced AKI were receiving other nephrotoxin(s) during therapy. Changes in liver transaminases were not significant for either drug. A significant decline in median absolute neutrophil count was noted from pre to post treatment with oxacillin (8400 to 6000 cells/µL; p = 0.002).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study found no significant difference in adverse effects of nafcillin and oxacillin. Both treatment groups experienced AKI and hypokalemia. Larger studies are needed to determine if one drug is safer than the other.</p>","PeriodicalId":37484,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics","volume":"29 6","pages":"645-649"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627572/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Five Steps to Improve Cardiac Safety of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment.","authors":"Julie A Dopheide, Danielle L Stutzman","doi":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.670","DOIUrl":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.670","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37484,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics","volume":"29 6","pages":"670-673"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627581/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jennifer E Girotto, Kristin C Klein, M Petrea Cober, Amanda A Cavness, Tracy M Hagemann, Selena Warminski, Tamara Hernandez
{"title":"Pharmacists as Partners in Pediatric Immunizations: A White Paper From the Pediatric Pharmacy Association.","authors":"Jennifer E Girotto, Kristin C Klein, M Petrea Cober, Amanda A Cavness, Tracy M Hagemann, Selena Warminski, Tamara Hernandez","doi":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.660","DOIUrl":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.660","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37484,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics","volume":"29 6","pages":"660-666"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627576/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142807498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew Oswald, Gladys El-Chaar, Marguerite Canter
{"title":"Hypothermia as a Presenting Sign of Venlafaxine-Induced Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in 2 Neonates.","authors":"Matthew Oswald, Gladys El-Chaar, Marguerite Canter","doi":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.654","DOIUrl":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.654","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Maternal antidepressant use has increased during the past 2 decades, with venlafaxine emerging as a common agent during pregnancy. Both venlafaxine and its active metabolite possess prolonged half-lives in adults; however, abrupt discontinuation may lead to withdrawal including irritability, jitteriness, lethargy, restlessness, and insomnia. The drug and its metabolite readily cross the placenta, posing additional considerations during pregnancy. Two neonates were admitted to our hospital on 5 and 6 days of life with hypothermia and lethargy among other symptoms of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) requiring an extensive medical workup. Both neonates were exposed to venlafaxine <i>in utero</i> and exclusively fed infant formula since birth. Given that venlafaxine crosses the placenta and into breastmilk, NAS was suspected as a result of the abrupt discontinuation of venlafaxine upon delivery, and the decision was made to introduce mothers' breast milk. Symptoms of NAS, including hypothermia, resolved in both patients. The reported incidence of NAS with venlafaxine alone is limited, likely due to variation in breastfeeding practices among new mothers. Diagnosis of NAS due to venlafaxine requires a high index of suspicion because symptoms are nonspecific and the presentation may be delayed after birth. The effective treatment of NAS using mothers' breast milk illustrates the importance of counseling mothers to provide breast milk as a preventative strategy for withdrawal in their newborns. The cases involving the 2 neonates described in this article emphasize the importance of assessing <i>in utero</i> exposure to medications beyond the immediate newborn period and their possible role in causing unusual symptoms in newborns.</p>","PeriodicalId":37484,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics","volume":"29 6","pages":"654-659"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627578/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peer Review as a Professional Obligation: Steps and Tips to Becoming a High-Quality Reviewer.","authors":"Peter N Johnson, Jamie L Miller","doi":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.570","DOIUrl":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.570","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Peer review is an essential step in the publication process and dissemination for scientific information to improve patient care and future research in pediatric patients. It is a professional obligation to ensure high quality, reliable, and relevant information is published. Despite this, many journals face problems finding peer reviewers. Several journals and organizations have developed resources to aid in the training of peer reviewers. The purpose of this primer is to provide an overview of the steps of peer review and to emphasize key points on how to conduct a peer review.</p>","PeriodicalId":37484,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics","volume":"29 6","pages":"570-577"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627579/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142807348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creativity in Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology: Study Design and Oral Dosage Forms.","authors":"Anne Zajicek","doi":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.564","DOIUrl":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.564","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37484,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics","volume":"29 6","pages":"564-569"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627571/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Weathering The Storm: Commentary on the Hurricane Helene IV Fluid Shortage.","authors":"David Aguero, Delia Allen","doi":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.667","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37484,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics","volume":"29 6","pages":"667-669"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627566/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142807938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily S Cormack, Amber Howard, Derrick Eddy, Nick Schulte
{"title":"Retrospective Comparison of Early Versus Late Initiation of Long-Acting Insulin in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients in Diabetic Ketoacidosis.","authors":"Emily S Cormack, Amber Howard, Derrick Eddy, Nick Schulte","doi":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.614","DOIUrl":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.614","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Determine whether early administration (EA) of long-acting insulin in pediatric diabetic -ketoacidosis (DKA) reduces time to acidosis resolution while maintaining safety when compared with late administration (LA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective review compared EA (within 4 hours) to LA (4 to 24 hours) of long-acting insulin in DKA management in the pediatric intensive care unit between 2015 and 2022. Admissions were excluded for patients ≥18 years of age, without type 1 diabetes, with insufficient laboratory data, or who did not receive insulin glargine within 24 hours of starting treatment. Primary outcome was resolution of acidosis, measured as time to normalization of serum sodium bicarbonate concentration (>15 mEq/L). Secondary outcomes included hospital and intensive care lengths of stay, and insulin infusion duration. Safety outcomes were hypokalemia, hypoglycemia, and cerebral edema.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 233 admissions evaluated, 51 met inclusion for each group. The median patient age was 11 years, 42% female, and 59% had new-onset diabetes. No difference was found in the median time to acidosis resolution (8.13 hours [EA] and 8.02 hours [LA]; p = 0.4161). Median insulin infusion durations were 16.2 and 17.6 hours for EA and LA, respectively (p = 0.8750). Median hospital stay was 2 days for both groups (p = 0.9068). Hypoglycemia and hypokalemia rates were not significantly different but occurred more often than previously reported.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Early administration of long-acting insulin in pediatric DKA did not affect acidosis duration or treatment length when compared with late administration. Incidence of hypoglycemia and hypokalemia were similar between groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":37484,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics","volume":"29 6","pages":"614-623"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627569/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Venkata Yellepeddi, Sharlo Bayless, Madison Parrot, Catherine M Sherwin
{"title":"Optimal Dosing Recommendations of Clonidine in Pediatrics Using Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling.","authors":"Venkata Yellepeddi, Sharlo Bayless, Madison Parrot, Catherine M Sherwin","doi":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.636","DOIUrl":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.636","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Clonidine has been widely used in the pediatric population to treat neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), sedation, and Tourette's syndrome; however, there is no consensus on dosing. This research aims to recommend optimal dosing of clonidine in the pediatric population using physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The pediatric PBPK model was developed from an adult model by scaling the clearance processes from adults to pediatrics using ontogeny equations. The adult and pediatric models were verified using clinical PK data, and the model performance was evaluated based on visual predictive checks and absolute fold error (AFE). The final pediatric PBPK model was used to simulate clonidine PK in the virtual pediatric population. The optimal dose was recommended based on a target concentration representing clonidine's α-2 central agonist activity (EC<sub>50</sub> = 40.5 nM).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The adult and pediatric models predicted well, with more than 90% of observed data captured within the 95% prediction interval of simulated data. The AFE values were within 2-fold for clonidine plasma concentrations from observed and predicted data. The pediatric simulations showed that 30 µg/kg dose orally for neonates and 0.9 mg/day orally for children (6-17 years) are optimal for achieving target concentrations for maximal α-2 adrenergic activity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The pediatric PBPK model of clonidine scaled from the adult PBPK model provided optimal dosing recommendations for clonidine in different pediatric age groups. The pediatric PBPK model described in this study can be extended to other pediatric age groups and routes of administration.</p>","PeriodicalId":37484,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics","volume":"29 6","pages":"636-644"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627573/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142807217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis: A Phoenix Rising.","authors":"Philip Toltzis, Kenneth E Remy","doi":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.676","DOIUrl":"10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.676","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37484,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics","volume":"29 6","pages":"676-678"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627574/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}