The place of suxamethonium in pediatric anesthesia

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 561-570

  Rawicz, Marcin ^a   Brandom, Barbara W ^b   Wolf, Andrew ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MIVACURIUM; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANESTHESIST; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FASCICULATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MUSCLE TONE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT;

ANESTHESIA; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MYOGLOBINURIA; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; POTASSIUM; SUCCINYLCHOLINE;

EID: 65549094202     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03032.x     Document Type: Review

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