• Can Anaesth Soc J · Nov 1986

    Accelerated reversal of atracurium blockade with divided doses of neostigmine.

    • M Abdulatif and M Naguib.
    • Can Anaesth Soc J. 1986 Nov 1;33(6):723-8.

    AbstractThe hypothesis that administration of neostigmine in divided doses might accelerate the antagonism of neuromuscular blockade was investigated. Neostigmine 0.05 mg X kg-1 was administered either in a single bolus dose (Group I, n = 16) or in an initial dose of 0.01 mg X kg-1 followed three minutes later by 0.04 mg X kg-1 (Group II, n = 16) for antagonism of atracurium-induced blockade. Reversal was attempted at 10 per cent spontaneous recovery of twitch height. The mean time (+/- SD) from the first injection of the drug until the train-of-four (TOF) ratio value had reached 0.75 was significantly shorter in Group II (p less than 0.05) than in Group I (391.8 +/- 83.3 and 468.6 +/- 150.3 seconds respectively). The rate of TOF ratio recovery was 2.5 times faster after neostigmine administration in divided doses. It is concluded that administration of neostigmine in divided doses, as described in this study, produced a significantly faster reversal of residual atracurium-induced neuromuscular blockade as compared to a single bolus administration.

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