The Comparison of Vecuronium with Succinylcholine for Endotracheal Intubation / 대한마취과학회지
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
;
: 1125-1130, 1991.
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
Depolarizing muscle relaxant, succinylcholine, has a rapid onset of action, allowing early endotracheal intubation. Succinylcholine, however, has a number of undesirable side effects. Therefore, some methods using nondepolarizing muscle relaxants for rapid endotracheal intubation have been tried, i.e. single large bolus, priming principle, timing principle, but their results were not enough to satisfy. In this study, there were administered vecuronium prior to anesthetic induction in order to shorten the intubation time, and compared intubation time and intubating condition in succinylcholine and vecuronium groups respectively. Sixty adult patients were adminstered succinylcholine 1mg/kg(group 1, 30 patients) or vecuronium 0.15 mg/kg(group 2, 30 patients), and measured intubation time and intubating condition. As a result, intubation time and intubation condition was not different in both groups significantly. It is concluded that vecuronium administered prior to induction agent for the endotracheal intubation is a reliable alternative in cases where succinylcholine is contraindicated.
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Assunto principal:
Succinilcolina
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Brometo de Vecurônio
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Intubação
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Intubação Intratraqueal
Limite:
Adulto
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Ano de publicação:
1991
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