Comparison of electromyography and kinemyography during recovery from non-depolarising neuromuscular blockade

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 378-384

  Stewart, R A ^a,b   Freeler, N ^a,c   Liang, S ^a,b   Heller, G ^a,d   Phillips, S ^a,b  

^a SYDNEY ADVENTIST HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromyography; ElectroSensor; Kinemyography; MechanoSensor; Quantitative neuromuscular function monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTOR POLLICIS MUSCLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSENSOR; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINEMYOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MECHANOSENSOR; MONITOR; MYOGRAPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION MONITORING; VERY ELDERLY;

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSENSOR; KINEMYOGRAPHY; MECHANOSENSOR; QUANTITATIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION MONITORING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR MONITORING; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS;

EID: 84902537297     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1404200316     Document Type: Article

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