Prolonged apnoea after suxamethonium in a Malaysian patient due to silent plasma cholinesterase--first case report.

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  • K Mohandas
  • N Sivaneswaran
چکیده

A bnormal variants of plasma cholinesterase (ChE, EC. 3.1.1.8) are a rarity in this region and to date there is no reported case of suxamethonium sensz#vity in the Malaysian population. We now report a case of a Malaysian Indian patient who received suxamethonium, developed prolonged apnoea and on investigation was found to be a homozygote for the silent gene. His family was screened for abnormal variants of plasma cholinesterase. The results are discussed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Medical journal of Malaysia

دوره 37 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1982