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Title:

The use of sugammadex in a patient with myasthenia gravis.

Document type:
Case Reports; Journal Article; Article
Author(s):
Unterbuchner, C; Fink, H; Blobner, M
Abstract:
Myasthenia gravis, affecting neuromuscular transmission, leads to a large variability in sensitivity to depolarising and non-depolarising neuromuscular blocking drugs. We report the successful use of the modified mu-cyclodextrin sugammadex in a myasthenic patient to reverse a rocuronium-induced deep level of neuromuscular block. After spontaneous neuromuscular recovery of T2 (second twitch of the train-of-four series), we administered 2 mg.kg(-1) of sugammadex intravenously, reversing neuromuscu...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Anaesthesia
Year:
2010
Journal volume:
65
Journal issue:
3
Pages contribution:
302-5
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06236.x
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20105151
Print-ISSN:
0003-2409
TUM Institution:
Klinik für Anästhesiologie (DHM)
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