We compared the onset of neuromuscular block with succinylcholine (1 mg kg-1) and two doses of rocuronium (0.6 and 0.9 mg kg-1) at the adductor pollicis muscle using electromyography (EMG) and acceleromyography (AMG), and at the adductor laryngeal muscles with a new electromyographic method using a disposable surface electrode attached to the cuff of a tracheal tube. At the larynx, the mean (+/...

BACKGROUND Succinylcholine is commonly used to achieve profound neuromuscular blockade of rapid onset and short duration. OBJECTIVE The present study compared the efficacy of pregabalin for prevention of succinylcholine-induced fasciculation and myalgia. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, placebo controlled, double blinded study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients of both genders undergoing elec...

UNLABELLED The adverse reactions that may occur during a surgical intervention are of concern to anesthesiologists and allergists due to the civil responsibility they entail and the increased demand for healthcare in allergology units. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of adverse reactions in our setting (Island of Lanzarote) and modifications to immune response media...

will occur before return to an unparalyzed state following 1 mg/kg intravenous succinylcholine. Anesthesiology 1997; 87: 979–82 3 Heier T, Feiner JR, Lin J, Brown R, Caldwell JE. Hemoglobin desaturation after succinylcholine-induced apnea: a study of the recovery of spontaneous ventilation in healthy volunteers. Anesthesiology 2001; 94: 754–9 4 Cook TM, Woodall N, Frerk C. Major complications o...

A twenty-three year old woman, admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with a diagnosis of menin- gitis and associated lower limb ischemia suffered a car- diac arrest, due to extreme hyperkalemia, following the administration of succinylcholine in order to replace an endo-tracheal tube. After prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) lasting 45 minutes, during which 8 mg of epinephrine wa...