Residual neuromuscular block: Lessons unlearned. Part I: Definitions, incidence, and adverse physiologic effects of residual neuromuscular block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-128

  Murphy, Glenn S ^a   Brull, Sorin J ^b  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; CISATRACURIUM; EDROPHONIUM; MIVACURIUM; NEOSTIGMINE; PANCURONIUM; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; ROCURONIUM; VECURONIUM;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG USE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PHARYNX; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TIDAL VOLUME; TRAIN OF FOUR RATIO; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARYNX DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77954679557     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181da832d     Document Type: Review

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