Comparison of suxamethonium and different combinations of rocuronium and mivacurium for rapid tracheal intubation in children

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 450-455

  Naguib, M ^a,b   Samarkandi, A H ^a   Ammar, A ^a   Turkistani, A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, paediatric; Interactions (drug), mivacurium; Interactions (drug), rocuronium; Intubation tracheal; Neuromuscular block, mivacurium; Neuromuscular block, rocuronium; Neuromuscular block, suxamethonium

Indexed keywords

ALIMEMAZINE; EMLA; FENTANYL; MIVACURIUM; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030799889     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/79.4.450     Document Type: Article

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