Remifentanil attenuates muscle fasciculations by succinylcholine

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 585-589

  Yun, Mi Ja ^a   Kim, Yoon Hee ^b   Go, Young Kwon ^b   Shin, Ji Eun ^c   Ryu, Choon Gun ^a   Kim, Won ^a   Paik, Nam Jong ^a   Han, Moon Ku ^a   Do, Sang Hwan ^a   Jung, Woo Suk ^b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fasciculation; Remifentanil; Succinylcholine

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; KETOROLAC; POTASSIUM; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUXAMETHONIUM; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYALGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CREATINE KINASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERIDINES; SUCCINYLCHOLINE;

EID: 77956213282     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2010.51.4.585     Document Type: Article

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