Performance Evaluation of Four Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic(PKPD) Models of Propofol in Elderly Patients

Despite the wide use of propofol target-controlled infusion (TCI) in elderly patients, pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) models performance has not been prospectively assessed in this population. The aims of this study are to derive four PKPD models using previously published PK parameters sets, and to prospectively assess their performance in elderly people. With the obtained data we propose to build a specific PKPD model for this population.