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The effect of bambuterol on plasma cholinesterase activity and suxamethonium-induced neuromuscular blockade in subjects heterozygous for abnormal plasma cholinesterase.
Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica - 1 Oct 1990
Bang U, Viby-Mogensen J, Wirén J E
Abstract excerpt
Bambuterol is a new bronchodilator which is also a reversible inhibitor of plasma cholinesterase. In patients with normal plasma cholinesterase genotype, bambuterol prolongs suxamethonium-induced neuromuscular blockade. In the present study, we investigated the interaction of bambuterol and suxamethonium in nine patients heterozygous for abnormal plasma cholinesterase during anaesthesia with fentanyl,...
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