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Monitoring neuromuscular blockade
Author(s) -
DUNDAS C. R.,
LEVACK I. D.,
BROCKWAY M. S.
Publication year - 1987
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.1365-2044.1987.tb05175.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neuromuscular blockade , transducer , linearity , force transducer , strain gauge , table (database) , neuromuscular monitoring , sensitivity (control systems) , neuromuscular transmission , biomedical engineering , physical medicine and rehabilitation , acoustics , structural engineering , anesthesia , electrical engineering , data mining , electronic engineering , computer science , engineering , physics
Summary A simple and inexpensive force transducer made from a stainless steel table knife is described. Construction is straightforward and utilises strain gauges that are readily available. Amongst its attributes are lightness, ease of application, low sensitivity to postural changes and linearity over extended periods of time.