Respiratory arrest associated with intravenous administration of polymyxin B sulfate
- 11 April 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 196 (2) , 181-183
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.196.2.181
Abstract
Respiratory arrest developed in a 52-year-old woman with chronic pyelonephritis, latent heart disease, and probable intracellular hypokalemia, shortly after the intravenous infusion of polymyxin B sulfate. Respiratory assistance was required for seven hours. It is thought that this reaction was due to a neuromuscular blocking action of the drug, which neostigmine appeared unable to reverse.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: