Use of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method to assess the concentration of epinephrine, norepinephrine, and phenylephrine stored in plastic syringes

Abstract

There are concerns about the potency of epinephrine (EPI), norepinephrine (NE), and phenylephrine (PE) stored in syringes for later infusions in clinical care. The objective of our study was to optimize a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method to determine the concentrations EPI, NE, and PE dissolved in normal saline and stored in 50 mL 3-part Becton Dickinson syringes.

Keywords

• adsorption
• epinephrine
• liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
• norepinephrine
• phenylephrine
• sympathomimetic
• syringes