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ArticleJournal of clinical pharmacology2025

Mathematical Albumin Function for Neonates Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia in Comparison with Control Neonates.

Zoë Vander Elst, Thibault Stultjens, Pieter Annaert, Paul Clarke, Isabek Iglesias-Platas, Elisabeth Agathos, Gozdem Kaykı, Annouschka Laenen, Nadir Yalçın, Anne Smits and 1 more

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Article in Journal of clinical pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Zoë Vander ElstDepartment of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3060-6719
Thibault StultjensFaculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Pieter AnnaertDrug Delivery and Disposition, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Paul ClarkeNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK.
Isabek Iglesias-PlatasNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK.
Elisabeth AgathosNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK.ORCID 0009-0009-1864-3809
Gozdem KaykıDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Annouschka LaenenLeuven Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics Centre (L-Biostat), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Nadir YalçınDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Anne SmitsDepartment of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Karel AllegaertDepartment of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9921-5105

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) resulting from perinatal asphyxia presents a substantial risk of mortality and long-term sequelae in neonates. Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) improves both short- and long-term outcomes in near-term/term neonates with moderate to severe HIE. While neonates with perinatal asphyxia and TH often require polypharmacy, the impact of both covariates on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics is only partially described and quantified. In this pooled, multicenter retrospective study, longitudinal trends of human serum albumin (HSA, the major drug binding protein) and total protein (TP) concentrations in near-term/term neonates were described using linear mixed models and compared between cohorts (TH vs control neonates, and moderate vs severe HIE TH cases). A mathematical function for HSA concentrations in neonates with HIE undergoing TH was derived (AlbuCool function). The pooled dataset to estimate these functions contained 330 TH neonates and 425 controls with 1725 and 1415 HSA observations, respectively. The median (interquartile range) HSA concentration was 27.0 (23.0-31.0) g/L for the TH cohort, and 32.1 (28.4-35.7) g/L for the control cohort. Estimated mean HSA concentrations were significantly lower (P < .001) in TH compared to control cases, as well as in severe compared to moderate HIE cases (P < .001) over the first 7 postnatal days. The HSA function for neonates with HIE undergoing TH was: HSA (g/L) = 32.28 - 2.94 * PNA + 0.33 * PNA

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Asphyxia NeonatorumHypothermia, InducedHypoxia-Ischemia, BrainSerum Albumin, HumanFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMaleRetrospective StudiesSerum Albumin, Humandrug bindinghuman serum albuminhypoxic‐ischemic encephalopathyneonatephysiologically based pharmacokineticstherapeutic hypothermia

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PMID39930975
PMCPMC12202195

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