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Mixed neuromuscular block
Author(s) -
FERGUSON ANN,
BEVAN D.R.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1981.tb08776.x
Subject(s) - medicine , block (permutation group theory) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , mathematics , geometry
Summary The effects of precurarisation, with small doses of pancuronium, curare or gallamine, on the neuromuscular blockade following suxamethonium, 1 mg/kg, were studied using train‐of‐four stimulation. The duration of the block was reduced by pretreatment with d‐tubocurarine and gallamine but increased with pancuronium. The degree of competitive neuromuscular blockade, both after administration of the precurarising dose and at full recovery from suxamethonium was mild and was insufficient to be a cause of postoperative muscle weakness.