BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare neostigmine-induced reversal of vecuronium in normal weight, overweight and obese female patients. METHODS In total, 15 each of normal weight (18.5or=30) patients were enrolled. Anaesthesia was induced and maintained with fentanyl, propofol and nitrous oxide. Neuromuscular block was induc...

Purpose: The aim of the study was to compare visual estimation of onset of neuromuscular blockade at both the adductor pollicis (AP) and the orbicularis oculi (OO) in children and to determine if monitoring the OO could predict good intubating conditions dunng vecuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade. Methods: Thirty ASA I II children (1,5-9 yr) were studied. Anaesthesia was induced with 6-8 m...

An otherwise healthy 61-yr-old woman weighing 42 kg lost consciousness in her bathroom in June 2000. At the time of arrival in the emergency room, she had a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 4, a blood pressure of 178/72 mmHg, a heart rate of 78 beats/min, and a respiratory rate of 22 breaths/min. She underwent tracheal intubation, and computerized tomography of the head was performed. The scan showe...

T HE sixth International Neuromuscular Meeting was held in Paris in August. The original meeting, in London in 1975, was to act as a forum for investigators and industry (Burroughs Wellcome and Organon) in the hope that such a liaison would lead to the development of muscle relaxants needed by the clinician. In so far as the intermediate relaxants, atracttrium and vecuronium, were developed, th...