Is succinylcholine appropriate or obsolete in the intensive care unit?

Muscle relaxants in intensive care unit (ICU) patients are predominantly administered to facilitate intubation. The adverse effect profile of succinylcholine is such that its use in the ICU must be considered obsolete. Suitable alternatives are the intermediately long-acting nondepolarizing relaxant...

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Autor principal: Booij, Leo HDJ
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11737897
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description Muscle relaxants in intensive care unit (ICU) patients are predominantly administered to facilitate intubation. The adverse effect profile of succinylcholine is such that its use in the ICU must be considered obsolete. Suitable alternatives are the intermediately long-acting nondepolarizing relaxants, of which rocuronium is probably preferable.
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spelling pubmed-1372822003-02-27 Is succinylcholine appropriate or obsolete in the intensive care unit? Booij, Leo HDJ Crit Care Commentary Muscle relaxants in intensive care unit (ICU) patients are predominantly administered to facilitate intubation. The adverse effect profile of succinylcholine is such that its use in the ICU must be considered obsolete. Suitable alternatives are the intermediately long-acting nondepolarizing relaxants, of which rocuronium is probably preferable. BioMed Central 2001 2001-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC137282/ /pubmed/11737897 Text en Copyright © 2001 BioMed Central Ltd
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Is succinylcholine appropriate or obsolete in the intensive care unit?
title Is succinylcholine appropriate or obsolete in the intensive care unit?
title_full Is succinylcholine appropriate or obsolete in the intensive care unit?
title_fullStr Is succinylcholine appropriate or obsolete in the intensive care unit?
title_full_unstemmed Is succinylcholine appropriate or obsolete in the intensive care unit?
title_short Is succinylcholine appropriate or obsolete in the intensive care unit?
title_sort is succinylcholine appropriate or obsolete in the intensive care unit?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11737897
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