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Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2021 Background and aims: Rocuronium may provide excellent onset time, but high doses are required for effective action. Several strategies have managed to shorten rocuronium onset time, including the use of Magnesium Sulphate (MgSO4).
Carlos Eduardo David de Almeida +5 more
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Intermediate acting non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents and risk of postoperative respiratory complications: prospective propensity score matched cohort study [PDF]
, 2012 Objective: To determine whether use of intermediate acting neuromuscular blocking agents during general anesthesia increases the incidence of postoperative respiratory complications. Design: Prospective, propensity score matched cohort study.
Bateman, Brian Thomas +9 more
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Profile of sugammadex for reversal of neuromuscular blockade in the elderly: Current perspectives [PDF]
, 2017 The number of elderly patients is increasing worldwide. This will have a significant impact on the practice of anesthesia in future decades. Anesthesiologists must provide care for an increasing number of elderly patients, who have an elevated risk of ...
Bertoncello, Francesco +2 more
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A fresh look at paralytics in the critically ill: real promise and real concern. [PDF]
, 2012 Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), or "paralytics," often are deployed in the sickest patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) when usual care fails.
Kenyon, Nicholas J +2 more
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Sugammadex for reversal of neuromuscular blockade: A retrospective analysis of clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness in a single center [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to evaluate the clinical and economic impact of introducing a rocuronium-neostigmine-sugammadex strategy into a cisatracurium-neostigmine regimen for neuromuscular block (NMB) management.
BARATTO, FABIO +3 more
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The latest trend in neuromuscular monitoring: return of the electromyography [PDF]
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2021 To reduce the risk of residual neuromuscular blockade, neuromuscular monitoring must be performed. Acceleromyography (AMG)-based neuromuscular monitoring was regarded as “clinical gold standard” and widely applied.
Wonjin Lee
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Critical Care Explorations, 2021 Objectives:. The recent conflicting data on the mortality benefit of neuromuscular blocking agents in acute respiratory distress syndrome and the potential adverse effects of continuous neuromuscular blocking agent necessitates that these medications ...
Sarah Hadique, MD +7 more
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General Anesthesia for a Patient with Myopathy: a case report [PDF]
Kosin Medical Journal, 2020 GNE, or bifunctional UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase, myopathy presents with symptoms of foot drop, followed by lower and upper extremity muscle weaknesses and sparing of the quadriceps.
Christine Kang +3 more
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Inclusion body myositis: therapeutic approaches. [PDF]
, 2012 The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases that include dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), inclusion body myositis (IBM) and other less common myopathies.
Aggarwal, Rohit, Oddis, Chester V
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BMC Anesthesiology, 2018 Background Neuromuscular blocking drugs (NMBD) are administered intra-operatively to facilitate intubation and to achieve muscle relaxation for surgical procedures.
Khawaja Rashid Hafeez +6 more
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