Erschienen in:
01.04.2013 | Correspondence
Ephedrine delays rocuronium recovery
verfasst von:
Federico Piccioni, MD, Giulia T. A. Tramontano, MD, Sergio Lassola, MD, Emiliano Tognoli, MD, Martin Langer, MD
Erschienen in:
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Ausgabe 4/2013
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Excerpt
Ephedrine is a sympathomimetic amine used to treat hypotension.
1 The onset time of neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBA) is influenced by muscle blood flow and cardiac output,
2 and ephedrine can reduce the onset time of NMBAs by increasing these variables.
3 Moreover, ephedrine seems to increase acetylcholine release
1 and is used to treat congenital myasthenic syndromes.
4 We report an unexpected case of reparalysis following ephedrine administration. This report is written with the patient’s signed consent. …