[Micromethod of Diazepam Determination in the Blood by Gas-liquid Chromatography. Application in Neonatal Pharmacology]

We propose a micromethod of diazepam determination on 0,1 ml of whole blood. The extraction is made with n-heptane for the isolation of diazepam in presence of principal metabolites. For the usual concentrations, the precision is about 3 per cent; at the detection limite, 0,05 mug/ml, it is about 20 per cent. With this method we studied the pharmacokinetics of diazepam in neonate with convulsive diseases in comparison with electroencephalogram.