The response of patients with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy to neuromuscular blockade with vecuronium

Anesthesiology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 351-354

  Ririe, Douglas G ^a   Shapiro, Frederic ^c   Sethna, Navil F ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Children; Muscle relaxant; Neuromuscular disorders

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; FENTANYL; GALLAMINE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE; VECURONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPATHY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PAIN; PARALYSIS; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM BROMIDE;

EID: 0141940383     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199802000-00013     Document Type: Article

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