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  • Neonatal Medicine
  • Pediatric Pharmacology
  • Pain Management

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  • Intranasal medication offers an alternative to intravenous lines for procedural sedation and analgesia.
  • Intranasal fentanyl (INF) use is expanding beyond prehospital and emergency settings into neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
  • Limited data exists on INF utilization in neonates, necessitating further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the trends and patterns of intranasal fentanyl use in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
  • To analyze patient demographics and medication administration details for INF in the NICU setting.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective cohort study of patients receiving INF in a NICU from December 2014 to December 2017.
  • Data abstracted included gestational age, post-menstrual age, day of life, sex, dosage, indication, and adverse events.
  • Study approved by the institutional review board.

Main Results:

  • A total of 54 patients received 67 INF administrations.
  • Median day of life for administration was 57.1 days, with a median gestational age of 26.0 weeks.
  • The initial dose of intranasal fentanyl was typically 1.5 µg/kg (range 0.5-2 µg/kg).

Conclusions:

  • Intranasal adjuncts, including fentanyl, are becoming more prevalent in NICU care.
  • The established starting dose for intranasal fentanyl in this NICU population is 1.5 µg/kg.
  • Most administrations involved a single dose of intranasal fentanyl.