Doxacurium-corticosteroid acute myopathy: Another piece to the puzzle

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1266-1267

  Marik, Paul E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

corticosteroids; doxacurium; intensive care; myopathy; prolonged paralysis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DOXACURIUM;

AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPATHY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; ISOQUINOLINES; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0030014265     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199607000-00034     Document Type: Article

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