Rocuronium versus succinylcholine: Are they equally effective during rapid-sequence induction of anesthesia?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1259-1262

  Mazurek, Aleksandra J ^a,b   Rae, Bronwyn ^a,b   Harm, Susan ^a,b   Ike Kirn, J ^a,b   Castro, Barbara ^a,b   Coté, Charles J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031767395     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199812000-00009     Document Type: Article

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