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[Prolonged phase II neuromuscular blockade following succinylcholine administration].
Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation - 1 Mar 2014
Jurkolow G, Fuchs-Buder T, Lemoine A, Raft J, Rocq N, Meistelman C
Abstract excerpt
Patients who are given a single dose of succinylcholine normally undergo a short-acting depolarizing phase I neuromuscular block but rarely a phase II block. Prolonged neuromuscular blockade occurs after a single dose of succinylcholine in case of genetically determined abnormal plasma butyrylcholinesterase activity. It is mandatory to use monitoring to detect this side effect. We report a case of a patient with...
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