Combinations of high-dose vecuronium and mivacurium provide similar paralysis and intubation conditions to succinylcholine in paediatric patients

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 453-458

  Theroux, Mary C ^a   Brandom, Barbara W ^b   Zagnoev, Michael M ^a   Drago, Lisa ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mivacurium; Muscle relaxants; Succinylcholine; propofol; Tracheal intubation; Vecuronium

Indexed keywords

ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; MIVACURIUM; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENT; SUXAMETHONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; ISOQUINOLINES; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; TIME FACTORS; VECURONIUM BROMIDE;

EID: 0030332143     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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