Article
Prolonged mivacurium neuromuscular block in children.
Paediatric anaesthesia - 1 Jan 1998
Lejus C, Blanloeil Y, Le Roux N, Soulard D, Mesguish M, Burnat P, Duvaldestin P, Pinaud M
Abstract excerpt
The authors report two cases of prolonged neuromuscular block after administration of mivacurium in children with previously undiagnosed plasma cholinesterase deficiency related to homozygous atypical genotype. Their anaesthetic management is described as well as determination of the phenotype of...
Topics
- Anesthesia Recovery Period
- Anesthesia, General
- Appendectomy
- Child
- Cholinesterases
- Genotype
- Humans
- Isoquinolines
- Male
- Mivacurium
- Neuromuscular Blockade
- Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents
- Phenotype
- Time Factors