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Intubating conditions following pre‐induction priming with alcuronium
Author(s) -
HARROPGRIFFITHS A. W.,
GROUNDS R. M.,
MOORE M.
Publication year - 1986
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.1365-2044.1986.tb12789.x
Subject(s) - medicine , priming (agriculture) , anesthesia , biology , botany , germination
Summary Three priming doses of alcuronium have been investigated and, using a logistic transformation technique, the priming dose required to produce adequate intubating conditions in 99% of patients at 60 seconds following the second dose of alcuronium has been deduced. This dose, 106.5 μg/kg is extremely high and may be unsafe if used, since 30% of our patients complained of side effects when given a priming dose of only 50 μg/kg.