Use of Muscle Relaxants in Patients Without Kidney Disease

Use of muscle relaxants.

[Endotracheal intubation without the use of muscle relaxants in patients with myasthenia gravis].

INTRODUCTION Although muscle relaxants have been widely used to facilitate endotracheal intubation, the administration of these drugs in myasthenic patients may be associated with adverse events. MATERIAL AND METHODS After obtaining Institutional Reviewing Board approval and informed, patient consent, 30 patients with myasthenia gravis were enrolled in a prospective, double-blind, randomized ...

tracheal intubation without use of muscle relaxants: comparison of remifentanil and alfentanil

The use and abuse of muscle relaxants.

Tracheal intubation of outpatients with and without muscle relaxants.

PURPOSE To compare intubating conditions and postoperative myalgias in outpatients after intubation with propofol/alfentanil compared with propofol/alfentanil/succinylcholine with and without precurarisation with d-tubocurarine. METHODS 144 ASA I-II ambulatory patients for dental extraction under anesthesia were studied. Subjects received either 3 mg d-tubocurarine (Group II) or saline (Group...

Tracheal Intubation Without Use of Muscle Relaxants: Comparison of Remifentanil and Alfentanil

My objective is to analyze the efficiency of remifentanil-propofol and alfentanil-propofol combinations for laryngoscopic endotracheal intubation in the absence of muscle relaxants. This analysis reviews the work by Imani et al. (1). Muscle relaxants are frequently used to facilitate endotracheal intubation during anesthesia induction. However, the administration of short-acting depolarizing mu...