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Asystole after alfentanil- succinylcholine
To the Editor: Alfentanil is a new narcotic capable of blunting intraoperalive haemodynamic responses while allowing for return of spontaneous ventilation and consciousness after short surgical procedures. We have recently noted reports of severe bradycardia with the use of alfentanil combined with succinylcholine, t,2 We also present such a case. A 76-year-old 45 kg woman was scheduled for rem...
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The subject of postoperative myalgia associated with the use of succinylcholine is reviewed. We discuss the mechanisms of succinylcholine-induced myalgia and the techniques available to prevent and treat the myalgia. In situations where patients are at risk of developing myalgia and succinylcholine is the neuromuscular blocker of choice, the use of a combination of techniques may prove to be a ...
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To the Editor-The appropriate review, "Anesthesia for Major Thermal Injury," overstates the contraindication to succinylcholine on pages 754 (". . . succinylcholine . . . >24 h after burn injury is unsafe") and 755 (". . . safe only within 24 h of a burn").' The safe period for burn patients is 6-7 days after a burn injury, whereas that for denervation is 4 days. Studies beginning 6 days after ...
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Therefore, when a healthy appearing infant or child develops cardiac arrest soon after administration of succinylcholine not felt to be due to inadequate ventilation, oxygenation, or anesthetic overdose, immediate treatment for hyperkalemia should be instituted. This should include administration of intravenous calcium, bicarbonate, and glucose with insulin, with hyperventilation. Due to the ab...
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BACKGROUND The authors reappraised the conventional wisdom that the intubating dose of succinylcholine must be 1.0 mg/kg and attempted to define the lower range of succinylcholine doses that provide acceptable intubation conditions in 95% of patients within 60 s. METHODS This prospective, randomized, double-blind study involved 200 patients. Anesthesia was induced with 2 mug/kg fentanyl and 2...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0832-610X,1496-8975
DOI: 10.1007/bf03011538