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. 2019 Jun 28;116(2):154–162. doi: 10.1159/000499330

Table 2.

Final model pharmacokinetic parameter estimates and SIR results

Parameter Phenobarbital
Midazolam OHMa
HMGa
estimate SIRb 95% CI estimate SIRc 95% CI estimate SIRc 95% CI estimate SIRc 95% CI
Cl,L/hd 10.3 8.38–12.1 0.353 0.286–0.441 3.39 2.75–4.01 0.191 0.170–0.214
V, Ld 3.60 3.43–3.79 5.42 4.49–6.81 4.18 (fixed) NA (fixed) 1.06 0.834–1.27
TEMPon Cl, %/°C NA NA NA NA 8.58 5.63–11.5 NA NA
PBonCl, fold NA NA 2.33 1.88–2.92 NA NA NA NA
Interindividual variability
Cl, variance (rsd) 0.287 (54%) 0.148–0.498 0.628 (79.2%) 0.479–0.847 0.633 (79.6%) 0.472–0.818 0.241 (49.1%) 0.174–0.338
V, variance (rsd) 0.0442 (36%) 0.0305–0.0659 0.934 (96.6%) 0.583–1.27 NA (fixed) NA (fixed) 0.837 (91.5%) 0.353–1.33
Residual variability
Additional, mg/L (rse) 2.52 (31%) 2.32–2.79 0.01(fixed) NA (fixed) 0.01 (fixed) NA (fixed) 0.01 (fixed) NA (fixed)
Proportional, variance (rsd) NA NA 0.126 (35.5%) 0.107–0.164 0.0857 (29.3%) 0.0683–0.119 0.0871 (29.5%) 0.0729–0.112
Covarianceinterindividual variability onCl Midazolam/OHM
Midazolam/HMG
OHM/HMG
estimate SIRc 95% CI estimate SIRc 95% CI estimate SIRc 95% CI
Covariance (correlation coefficient) 0.500 (79.0%) 0.378–0.652 0.214 (55.0%) 0.133–0.310 0.233 (60.0%) 0.147–0.327

Cl, clearance; V, volume of distribution; TEMP, body temperature; PB, phenobarbital co-medication; OHM, 1-hydroxymidazolam; HMG, hydoxymidazolam glucuronide; SIR, sampling importance resampling; NA, not applicable; rsd, relative standard deviation; rse, relative standard error.

a

All metabolite estimates are relative to formation fraction FOHM and FHMG, resp.

b

Five iterations; no. of samples 4,000, 4,000, 4,000, 4,000, 4,000; no. of resamples 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 2,000;

c

Six iterations, no. of samples 4,000, 4,000, 4,000, 4,000, 4,000, 4,000; no. of resamples 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000;

d

Estimates for neonate with a birth weight of 3.5 kg.