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Parenteral compounds present special drug delivery challenges. This open-label study evaluated a portable infusion pump as a means to deliver intravenous ciprostene, a stable prostacyclin analog. Ten patients with peripheral vascular disease and claudication received ciprostene (titrated to 120 ng/kg/min) infused over 8 hours 1 day per week for 4 consecutive weeks. Patients successfully maintained the pump strapped to the waist. The mean +/- standard deviation delivery error, with volumes of 6 to 10 mL over 8 hours, was -0.895 +/- 3.177%. Accordingly, the pump performed well with a potent drug under these clinical conditions. Headache, flushing, and infusion site irritation during infusion were the most frequent side effects. Blood pressure remained unchanged during infusion; however, heart rate increased significantly (P < .05, maximum increase was 13.9 +/- 2.1 beats per minute [mean +/- standard error of the mean]. Mean (+/- standard error of the mean) relative claudication times on treadmill remained unchanged; however, absolute claudication times increased (P < .05) from 6.6 +/- 1.8 to 10.0 +/- 2.2 minutes. Ciprostene inhibited adenosine diphosphate-induced platelet aggregation by 56.0 +/- 12.7% (mean +/- standard error of the mean). Mean template bleeding times and plasma concentrations of platelet-specific proteins (beta-thromboglobulin, platelet factor 4) did not change.
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PMID:Continuous intravenous dosing with ciprostene using a portable pump in ambulatory patients. 844 Jul 64

OBJECTIVE: Despite controversy about whether peripheral and central venous catheters should be locked with heparin to prevent catheter-associated clotting, the practice is widespread. We describe a severe side effect of the practice: a case of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia occurring with catheter flushes using unfractionated heparin (UFH) in a 10-month-old boy successfully treated with danaparoid. Patient: A preterm-born patient (33 wks gestational age, birth weight 1200 g) suffering from VACTERL syndrome was repeatedly treated with UFH in the context of several invasive procedures. On day 310 of age, a central venous catheter was inserted to provide total parenteral nutrition. The central catheter was flushed with a continuous infusion of UFH at 100 U/day, and a decrease in platelet counts from 150,000/&mgr;L (on day 310 of age) to 45,000/&mgr;L (on day 319 of age) was observed. Clinically suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) was serologically confirmed by demonstrating HIT antibodies with platelet factor 4/heparin complex specificity. Main Result: Catheter flushing was switched to low-dose danaparoid sodium as a continuous infusion at 15 anti-factor Xa units per day. Two days later, platelet counts recovered. Neither catheter thrombosis nor systemic thromboembolic complications occurred during the follow up period. CONCLUSIONS: Even continuous infusion of low-dose heparin to provide patency of central venous port catheters may trigger the primary immune response of HIT. Low-dose danaparoid sodium, a heparinoid, can prevent in-catheter thrombus formation and allows normalization of platelet counts in acute HIT.
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PMID:Low-dose danaparoid sodium catheter flushes in an intensive care infant suffering from heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. 1279 78