Residual neuromuscular block: Rediscovering the obvious

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-14

  Brull, Sorin J ^a   Naguib, Mohamed ^b   Miller, Ronald D ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURARE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; ROCURONIUM;

ANESTHESIA; EDITORIAL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOGRAPHY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PARALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; NOTE;

HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 49849096107     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181753266     Document Type: Editorial

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