The effect of hand dominance on neuromuscular monitoring at the adductor pollicis muscle [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2013 BackgroundNeuromuscular blockade of the adductor pollicis muscle may be influenced by hand dominance resulting in conflicting results of several studies.
Ji Seon Jeong +5 more
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Feasibility, drug safety, and effectiveness of etiological treatment programs for Chagas disease in Honduras, Guatemala, and Bolivia: 10-year experience of Médecins Sans Frontières [PDF]
, 2009 BACKGROUND: Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is a zoonotic or anthropozoonotic disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Predominantly affecting populations in poor areas of Latin America, medical care for this neglected disease is often
A Valencia +35 more
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Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2013 Evaluation of the degree of neuromuscular blockade by the surgeon using clinical criteria alone is unreliable. We report a case of prolonged neuromuscular blockade lasting 5.5 h, where an additional intra-operative dose of neuromuscular relaxant was ...
James J Lamberg, Joseph F Answine
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Perioperative and anesthetic deaths: toxicological and medico legal aspects [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Anesthesia has become safer during decades, though there is still a preventable mortality; the complexity of medical and surgical interventions, increasingly older and sicker patients, has created a host of new hazards in anesthesiology.
Argo A. +5 more
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BMC Anesthesiology, 2019 Background Complete avoidance of residual neuromuscular blockade (RNMB) during the postoperative period has not yet been achieved in current anesthesia practice.
Gonzalo Domenech +5 more
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Deep Neuromuscular Blockade During General Anesthesia: Advantages, Challenges, and Future Directions
Anesthesia ResearchBackground: Neuromuscular blocking agents play an important role in modern anesthesia by facilitating optimal surgical conditions through deep muscle relaxation.
Jacob Rosenberg, Thomas Fuchs-Buder
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Application of peripheral nerve and muscle ultrasound in neuromuscular diseases
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2023 Peripheral nerve and muscle ultrasound (hereinafter referred to as neuromuscular ultrasound) has been increasingly widely used in neuromuscular diseases, which can not only reflect the morphological characteristics of neuromuscular, but also serve as an ...
LIU Ming‑sheng
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Label-free proteomics identifies Calreticulin and GRP75/Mortalin as peripherally accessible protein biomarkers for spinal muscular atrophy [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disease resulting from mutations in the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. Recent breakthroughs in preclinical research have highlighted several potential novel therapies for SMA, increasing ...
Gillingwater, T. H. +4 more
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Effect of plyometric training on swimming block start performance in adolescents [PDF]
, 2009 This study aimed to identify the effect of plyometric training (PT), when added to habitual training (HT) regimes, on swim start performance. After the completion of a baseline competitive swim start, 22 adolescent swimmers were randomly assigned to ...
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Comparison of velocity-based and traditional 1RM-percent-based prescription on acute kinetic and kinematic variables [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: This study compared kinetic and kinematic data from three different velocity-based training (VBT) sessions and a 1-repetition maximum (1RM) percent-based training (PBT) session using full-depth, free-weight back squats with maximal concentric
Banyard, Harry G. +4 more
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