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Screening patients with prolonged neuromuscular blockade after succinylcholine and mivacurium.
Anesthesia and analgesia - 1 Feb 2002
Cerf Charles, Mesguish Martine, Gabriel Inanna, Amselem Serge, Duvaldestin Philippe
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Patients with pseudocholinesterase (BChE) variants may exhibit markedly prolonged paralysis after the administration of succinylcholine or mivacurium. We sought to evaluate to what extent molecular biology may contribute to the biological assessment of such patients. We conducted a prospective cohort study in patients referred to our center between 1995 and 1999 for prolonged neuromuscular blockade...
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