{"title":"Pharmacokinetic variation","authors":"Alexander T Vidouris, Craig Carroll","doi":"10.1016/j.mpaic.2024.09.010","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Pharmacokinetics is the study of how a drug is handled by the body, including absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. Pharmacokinetic variation is variability in the effector site concentration after a standard dose. This means there is potential for dosing to be ineffective for one patient but potentially toxic with increased side effects for another. This article aims to review some of the causes of variation by looking at physiological, pathological and pharmacological factors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45856,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"25 12","pages":"Pages 845-849"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1472029924002017","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ANESTHESIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Pharmacokinetics is the study of how a drug is handled by the body, including absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. Pharmacokinetic variation is variability in the effector site concentration after a standard dose. This means there is potential for dosing to be ineffective for one patient but potentially toxic with increased side effects for another. This article aims to review some of the causes of variation by looking at physiological, pathological and pharmacological factors.
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