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A comparison of the response of hand and facial muscles to non‐depolarising relaxants
Author(s) -
PATHAK D.,
SOKOLL M. D.,
BARCELLOS W.,
KUMAR V.
Publication year - 1988
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.1365-2044.1988.tb05745.x
Subject(s) - medicine , facial muscles , anesthesia , physical medicine and rehabilitation , audiology , anatomy
Summary This study compares the response of the muscles of the hand to those of the face during non‐depolarising neuromuscular blockade. It was found that observation of the facial muscles was misleading both in terms of degree of neuromuscular blockade and adequacy of reversal.