Precipitation of thiopental with muscle relaxants: a potential hazard

Precipitation of thiopental with muscle relaxants: a potential hazard

We report an interesting phenomenon we recently encountered in our hospital. Our patient was a healthy man who came in for an emergency hernia repair due to suspected obstruction. Previous anaesthesia for an orthopaedic operation the previous year had been uneventful. The plan was to anaesthetize him with a rapid sequence induction. This was done in view of the increased risk of aspiration give...

Tracheal intubation without muscle relaxants: a randomized study of remifentanil or alfentanil in combination with thiopental.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The combination of alfentanil-propofol or remifentanil-propofol provides adequate conditions for tracheal intubation without neuromuscular blocking drugs in most patients, but hypottension can occur during induction of anesthesia with propofol. We compared clinically acceptable intubating conditions and cardiovascular responses to induction and endotracheal intubation i...

Use of muscle relaxants.

Cardiovascular effects of muscle relaxants.

Use of Muscle Relaxants in Patients Without Kidney Disease

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