Objective: The aim of this study was to compare continuous infusion and intermittent bolus administration of cisatracurium (CA) with respect to total intraoperative dose and time of recovery from neuromuscular blockade after cardiac surgery. Methods: From June 2005 to April 2006 sixty patients who undergoing coronary bypass graft and valve replacement surgery were randomized to receive either i...

Introduction. Myoclonus status epilepticus is independently associated with poor outcome in coma patients after cardiac arrest. Determining if myoclonus is of cortical origin on continuous electroencephalography (CEEG) can be difficult secondary to the muscle artifact obscuring the underlying CEEG. The use of a neuromuscular blocker can be useful in these cases. Methods. Retrospective review of...

Objective : Study the advantages and pitfalls of both 0.15 mg/kg 0.2 Cisatracurium for Intubation. Background: The patients coming to a Tertiary Care Hospital during period 2018-2019 surgery under General Anaesthesia, who met Inclusion Criteria were studied in hundred patients. After giving all components balanced general anaesthesia, randomised into 2 groups either or 0.2mg/kg as muscle relaxa...

NMBAs are commonly used in ARDS (25–55% of patients), but the benefits and the risks of using these agents are controversial. Recent data suggest that a continuous infusion of cisatracurium during the first 48 h of ARDS, particularly for patients with a PaO2/FiO2 ratio less than 120, can decrease 90-day inhospital mortality. NMBAs do not appear to be an independent risk factor for ICU-acquired ...

Neuromuscular blockade is a desirable or even essential component of general anesthesia for major surgical operations. As the population continues to age, and more operations are conducted in the elderly, due consideration must be given to neuromuscular blockade in these patients to avoid possible complications. This review considers the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of neuromuscular bl...

BACKGROUND Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is a rare neurological disorder that is caused by the production of antibodies against NMDARs. As many anaesthetic drugs interact with NMDARs and may worsen the disease and because the disease poses risks, such as cardiovascular events, hyperthermia and respiratory insufficiency, while under anaesthesia, administering anaesthesi...

The hypothesis of this study was that diabetes-induced desensitization of rat soleus (SOL) and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) to non-depolarizing muscle relaxants (NDMRs) depends on the stage of diabetes and on the kind of NDMRs. We tested the different magnitude of resistance to vecuronium, cisatracurium, and rocuronium at different stages of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes by the EDL s...