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21. Opioid Dosing Deviation and Dose Banding Development in Young Hospitalized Children.

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Phang KG, Wahlquist AE, Hayes G, Corrigan C, Basco WT Jr, and Bundy DG

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Humans, Infant, Male, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Methadone administration & dosage, Medication Errors prevention & control, Child, Preschool, Administration, Oral, Child, Hospitalized, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Analgesics, Opioid administration & dosage, Morphine administration & dosage, Oxycodone administration & dosage
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Background and Objectives: Individualized, weight-based opioid dosing poses safety risks and contributes to inefficient medication delivery processes. Dose banding is a patient safety strategy to reduce dosing errors through standardized doses based on weight ranges. Study objectives were (1) determine the frequency of dosing deviation from reference ranges of common intravenous (IV) and oral opioid medications, (2) evaluate the differences in dosing deviations by age, and (3) determine the potential reduction in dose variation that could be achieved by dose banding., Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of hospitalized children ≥2 months to ≤24 months old who received IV morphine, oral methadone, or oral oxycodone at a single center. Dosing was categorized as no dosing deviation (within ±5% of the reference range), negative dosing deviation (>5% below the reference range), or positive dosing deviation (>5% above the reference range). Descriptive and bivariate analyses were conducted., Results: A total of 3361 opioid doses met the inclusion criteria. A total of 2663 (79.2%) had no dosing deviation, 214 (6.3%) demonstrated negative deviations, and 484 (14.4%) demonstrated positive deviations. Dosing deviations were more frequent among subjects ≥2 months to ≤6 months old for oral methadone and oxycodone (P < .0001) and more frequent among older age group for IV morphine (P < .0001). Dose banding has the potential to reduce the number of unique doses prescribed for all medications by 75% while eliminating unintended dosing deviations., Conclusions: A total of 20% of opioid doses prescribed to children ≤24 months of age are outside the recommended ranges. Dose banding represents a promising method for simplifying opioid prescribing in the pediatric inpatient setting., (Copyright © 2024 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.)

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2024
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