Cross-sensitivity between relaxants

Uterine Stimulants and Relaxants

The physiological processes involved in parturition (i.e., labor, delivery, and birth) require a complex interplay of hormonal action, neuronal activity, and uterine smooth muscle contraction. During the first two trimesters of pregnancy, the uterus remains in a relatively quiescent state, demonstrating little or no contraction of the myometrium.This inactivity is largely the result of the inhi...

Use of muscle relaxants.

Neuromuscular relaxants--1997.

T HE sixth International Neuromuscular Meeting was held in Paris in August. The original meeting, in London in 1975, was to act as a forum for investigators and industry (Burroughs Wellcome and Organon) in the hope that such a liaison would lead to the development of muscle relaxants needed by the clinician. In so far as the intermediate relaxants, atracttrium and vecuronium, were developed, th...

Cross-Cultural Time Sensitivity in a Bilateral E-Negotiation System

For a long time, culture has been an influencing parameter in negotiations. Growth of international trades and business competitions has increased the importance of negotiations among countries and different cultures. Developing new technologies, particularly the use of artificial intelligence in electronic trading areas, has provided us with the application of intelligent agents to resolve cha...

Muscle relaxants and Bier's block.

Sir We are grateful for the opportunity to reply to your correspondent. If no less an authority than Professor J. M. Hunter can write a sentence beginning 'With the advent of the two new non-depolarizing muscle relaxants, atracurium and vecurionium . . .' (Hunter, 1987), we feel we may use the same expression. Ethical committee approval for the addition of atracurium to Bier's blocks was obtain...