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Analysis of suxamethonium sensitivity following termination of pregnancy.
The cholinesterase genotypes in the majority (25/35) of patients with suxamethonium sensitivity following termination of pregnancy are heterozygotes with an E1a gene. Twelve of these patients have the genotype E1uE1a. The reported duration of apnoea is minimal in the heterozygotes lacking the E1a gene (about 5-10 min) and maximal in the homozygotes E1aE1a (about 35 min). With few exceptions, th...
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Sir,—I read with interest the paper by Kahraman and colleagues on the effect of i.m. diclofenac on suxamethonium-induced myalgia [1]. Diclofenac, administered i.m. to conscious patients, is painful and has a tendency to cause sterile abscesses. Its use to ameliorate suxamethonium myalgia could be a case of a "remedy worse than the disease". Pretreatments have been tried previously but all have ...
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Clinical trials of the effectiveness of hexafluorenium (Mylaxen), as an extender of suxamethonium block, have been conducted in 645 administrations of halothane. No serious complications which could be attributed to the drug were encountered. Histamine release after the administration of hexofluorenium was not observed. In view of the extreme efficacy and the apparent safety of the method descr...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1964
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5381.501