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Prolonged neuromuscular blockade following suxamethonium in a patient with a normal genotype
Author(s) -
SAPSFORD D. J.,
BUSH G. H.
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.tb13129.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neuromuscular blockade , blockade , anesthesia , stimulation , cholinesterase , neuromuscular monitoring , nerve stimulation , neuromuscular junction , genotype , neuroscience , biochemistry , chemistry , receptor , gene , biology
Summary A patient is described who developed prolonged apnoea following a single normal dose of suxamethonium which was shown by nerve stimulation to be due to persistent neuromuscular blockade. The plasma cholin‐esterase projile demonstrated a normal genotype.