Suxamethonium apnoea and the isolated leg.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb14182.x

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Suxamethonium apnoea and the isolated leg.

Anaesthesia - 1 Apr 1994

Mitchell J B, Harrop-Griffiths W

Abstract excerpt

The anaesthetic management of a patient with an unsuspected homozygous atypical pseudocholinesterase genotype is described. Suxamethonium was administered after an arterial tourniquet had been applied to the patient's right leg. After release of the tourniquet and termination of the anaesthetic i...

Topics

Adult
Anesthesia, General
Apnea
Butyrylcholinesterase
Electric Stimulation
Genotype
Humans
Knee Prosthesis
Leg
Male
Neuromuscular Junction
Succinylcholine
Tourniquets

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