Dexamethasone decreases the duration of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular block: A randomised controlled study

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 417-422

  Soltész, Stefan ^a   Fraisl, Patrick ^a   Noé, Karl Günter ^b   Hinkelbein, Jochen ^c   Mellinghoff, Hermann ^c   Mencke, Thomas ^d  

^a Kreiskrankenhaus Dormagen   (Germany)

^b Department of Gynaecology ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ROCURONIUM; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ACCELEROMYOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CHRONOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GERMANY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MYOGRAPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; BIOASSAY; DRUG EFFECTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANDROSTANOLS; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; DEXAMETHASONE; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84905495534     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328365c9ee     Document Type: Article

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