Prolonged Apnea with Mivacurium
Emine Dinçer, Murat Kaşıkçı, Mustafa Tuygun, Hakan Pamuk, Neşe AydınHaydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital Anesthesiology and Reanimation, IstanbulA short-acting nondepolarising neuromuscular blocking agent mivacurium mainly hydrolysed by pseudocholin-esterasc like succinylcholine. The muscle relaxation period may be prolonged in patients with atypical form of pseudocholinesterase or in patients having pseudocholin-esterase deficiency. In this paper we mentioned a patient with prolonged apnoea after mivacurium.
Keywords: Pseudocholinesterase, atypical enzyme, prolonged apnoeaMivakuryum ile Uzamış Apne
Emine Dinçer, Murat Kaşıkçı, Mustafa Tuygun, Hakan Pamuk, Neşe AydınHaydarpaşa Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Anesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon Kliniği, İstanbulAnahtar Kelimeler: Psödokolinesteraz, atipik enzim, uzamış apne
Emine Dinçer, Murat Kaşıkçı, Mustafa Tuygun, Hakan Pamuk, Neşe Aydın. Prolonged Apnea with Mivacurium. . 2001; 16(2): 127-128
Corresponding Author: Emine Dinçer, Türkiye
Corresponding Author: Emine Dinçer, Türkiye
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