Harold R. Griffith—Introduction of Muscle Relaxants to Anesthesia

New muscle relaxants for anesthesia during l-day surgery

In the last few years, the growth of l-day surgery and the introduction of new techniques have increased the need for general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation. The end point of l-day anesthesia is early patient discharge home. Therefore, new muscle relaxant agents have been propounded to anesthetists to achieve this. In this paper, we analyze pharmacological an...

Use of muscle relaxants.

Cardiovascular effects of muscle relaxants.

Use of Muscle Relaxants in Patients Without Kidney Disease

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Muscle relaxants and antispasticity agents.

Muscle relaxants make up a heterogeneous group of agents and can have a clinically significant role in the treatment of chronic muscle pain. These medications are not without possible serious side effects; hence, care should be taken in deciding on their appropriateness and ongoing monitoring performed, if prescribed.