منابع مشابه
Neuromuscular block.
Descriptions of the South American arrow poisons known as curares were reported by explorers in the 16th century, and their site of action in producing neuromuscular block was determined by Claude Bernard in the mid-19th century. Tubocurarine, the most important curare alkaloid, played a large part in experiments to determine the role of acetylcholine in neuromuscular transmission, but it was n...
متن کاملNeuromuscular block and tourniquets.
Sir,—We are grateful for the opportunity to reply to the letter from Drs Jones and Nixon, comparing the results of their audit of postoperative extradural analgesia with our own published results. It would appear from the results of Dr Jones and colleagues that the use of extradural fentanyl—bupivacaine mixtures was associated with less hypotension and better pain relief than the diamorphine-bu...
متن کاملMivacurium-induced prolonged neuromuscular block.
We report a case of prolonged neuromuscular block after administration of mivacurium 0.2 mg kg-1 to a 16-yr-old patient where the duration of block was 2.5 h. The interesting points in this case were that the patient had homozygous atypical plasma cholinesterase deficiency (both parents had a normal phenotype) following liver transplantation. Investigations showed low plasma cholinesterase acti...
متن کاملMonitoring neuromuscular block: an update.
The first part of this article presents an update of the basic considerations of neuromuscular monitoring. It emphasises the need to assure supramaximal stimulation, to place the stimulating electrodes correctly and to use appropriate sites for nerve stimulation as well as appropriate stimulation patterns. The second part focuses on current developments and ongoing discussion. The authors descr...
متن کاملAutomatic control of neuromuscular block with atracurium.
We have developed and tested a system for providing automatic control of neuromuscular block with atracurium. The degree of neuromuscular block was monitored in the small muscles of the hand using a Datex Relaxograph, and the signal was used as the controlled variable for a proportional plus integral controller. A preloaded integral was used to shorten the period of stabilization. The system wa...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Pharmacology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0007-1188
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706404