Response to double-burst appears before response to train-of-four stimulation during recovery from non-depolarizing neuromuscular blockade

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 719-723

  Kirkegaard Nielsen, H ^a   Helbo Hansen, H S ^a   Severinsen, I K ^a   Lindholm, P ^a   Bulow K ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Nerve stimulation: double burst stimulation, train of four; Neuromuscular blocking agents: atracurium; Neuromuscular monitoring: mechanomyography

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MYOGRAPHY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0030016075     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1996.tb04517.x     Document Type: Article

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