ETOMIDATE SHORTENS THE ONSET TIME OF NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCK
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- 1 November 1992
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 69 (5) , 444-446
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/69.5.444
Abstract
We have studied 30 healthy patients allocated randomly to receive thiopentone, propofol or etomidate in equipotent doses followed by vecu-ronium 0.1 mg kg−1. Haemodynamic variables and time to 100% neuromuscular block were measured. The patients receiving etomidate had a significantly shorter onset time of neuromuscular block compared with those receiving the two other i.v. induction agents. There was a significant negative correlation between onset time of neuromuscular block and the maximum percent change in mean arterial pressure. (Br. J. Anaesth. 1992; 69: 444–446)Keywords
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