ISOBOLOGRAPHIC AND DOSE-RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN PIPECURONIUM AND VECURONIUM †
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- 1 October 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 71 (4) , 556-560
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/71.4.556
Abstract
We have studied the neuromuscular effects of pipecuronium, vecuronium and their combination in 130 ASA group I or II patients. Patients were anaesthetized with 0.8% halothane and 60% nitrous oxide in oxygen. Neuromuscular block was recorded as the evoked thenar mechanomyographic response to train-of-four stimulation of the ulnar nerve (2Hz at 10-s intervals). The dose-response curves were determined by probit analysis. The calculated doses producing 50% depression of the first twitch height were 15.6, 16.9 and 15.0 μg kg−1 for the pipecuronium, vecuronium and pipecuronium-vecuronium combination groups, respectively. Isobolo graphic and algebraic (fractional) analyses were used to assess quantitatively the combined neuromuscular effect of pipecuronium and vecuronium and to define the type of interaction between these drugs. The interaction between pipecuronium and vecuronium was found to be additive. (Br. J. Anaesth. 1993; 71: 556–560)Keywords
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