Con: Succinylcholine should not be replaced by rocuronium for rapid sequence induction

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 590-593

  Schreiber, Jan Uwe ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENT;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCULATION TIME; EMERGENCY PATIENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FASCICULATION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; LARYNX MUSCLE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; REVIEW; STOMACH CONTENT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ANDROSTANOLS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884467577     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e3283631627     Document Type: Review

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