Prolonged residual paralysis after a single intubating dose of rocuronium

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 514-517

  Claudius, Casper ^a   Karacan, H ^a   Viby Mogensen, J ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Monitoring, neuromuscular function; Neuromuscular block, recovery; Neuromuscular block, rocuronium

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALFENTANIL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATROPINE; BILIRUBIN; BUPIVACAINE; CEFUROXIME; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METRONIDAZOLE; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL;

ACCELEROMYOGRAPHY; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MYOGRAPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 34548692755     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem213     Document Type: Article

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