BACKGRAOUND Myasthenia gravis is a rare immunological illness that impairs neuromuscular transmission. Myasthenic patients are usually hypersensitive to non-depolarising muscle relaxants, and reversal with neostigmine is rarely effective. We report the successful reversal of rocuroniuminduced neuromuscular block in a morbidly obese myasthenic patient. CASE REPORT A 38-year-old morbidly obese ...

This paper assesses the magnitude of change in the dipole potential (φd) of membranes caused by the adsorption of modifiers on lipid bilayers of various compositions. We tested flavonoids, muscle relaxants, thyroid hormones, and xanthene and styrylpyridinium dyes in order to assess their dipole-modifying properties. A quantitative description of the modifying action of flavonoids, muscle relaxa...

Malignant hyperthermia is an extremely rare, potentially lethal disorder that occurs in susceptible patients who are exposed to triggering agents such as volatile anesthetic gases or depolarizing muscle relaxants. The clinical manifestations of malignant include hypermetabolism, hyperthermia, hypercapnia, and sustained skeletal rigidity, which result cardiac arrest, brain damage, death. It asso...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare the efficacy of various pretreatment agents to attenuate or prevent opioid-induced muscle rigidity using a well-established, previously described clinical protocol. DESIGN Prospective, controlled, single-blind, partially randomized study. SETTING Large medical center. PATIENTS ASA physical status I-III patients undergoing elective surgical procedure...