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SUBMITTER: Vaughns JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5861708 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vaughns Janelle D JD Ziesenitz Victoria C VC Williams Elaine F EF Mushtaq Alvina A Bachmann Ricarda R Skopp Gisela G Weiss Johanna J Mikus Gerd G van den Anker Johannes N JN
Paediatric drugs 20170601 3
<h4>Background</h4>The number of obese pediatric patients requiring anesthesia is rapidly increasing. Although fentanyl is a commonly used narcotic during surgery, there are no pharmacokinetic (PK) data available for optimal dosing of fentanyl in adolescents with clinically severe obesity.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>An institutional review board-approved exploratory pilot study was conducted in six adolescents aged 14-19 years undergoing bariatric surgery. Mean total body weight (TBW) and mean ...[more]