Anaphylaxis is more common with rocuronium and succinylcholine than with atracurium

Anesthesiology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-45

  Reddy, Jeffrey I ^a   Cooke, Peter J ^b   Van Schalkwyk, Johan M ^b   Hannam, Jacqueline A ^c   Fitzharris, Penny ^b   Mitchell, Simon J ^c  

^a NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM BESILATE; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TEST; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEW ZEALAND; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANDROSTANOLS; ATRACURIUM; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCCINYLCHOLINE;

EID: 84925361001     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000512     Document Type: Article

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