Suxamethonium in the intensive care unit: "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me"

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 208-209

  Church, Hannah ^a   Sinclair, Sue ^a   Oelofse, Tessa ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATRACURIUM; ATROPINE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CYANOSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRIA, ACUTE INTERMITTENT; SUCCINYLCHOLINE;

EID: 38149032286     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0912-8     Document Type: Article

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