Pro: Rocuronium should replace succinylcholine for rapid sequence induction

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 585-589

  Girard, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SUGAMMADEX; SUXAMETHONIUM; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENT;

AERATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; APNEA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS; FACE MASK; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTUBATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MYALGIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN DESATURATION; OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE; PRESSURE; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ANDROSTANOLS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884495368     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328363159a     Document Type: Review

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