Rocuronium and sugammadex: An alternative to succinylcholine for electro convulsive therapy in patients with suspected neuroleptic malignant syndrome

• Главные авторы: Karthik G Ramamoorthy (Автор), H Downey (Автор), P Hawthorne (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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We report a case of presumptive neuroleptic malignant syndrome requiring muscle relaxation for electro-convulsive therapy. short acting muscle relaxation without the use of succinylcholine was achieved using rocvronivm reversed with the novel reversal agent sugammadex. We suggest that this combinati...