• Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Jun 2009

    Review

    Rapid sequence induction in obstetrics revisited.

    • Lisa M Sharp and David M Levy.
    • Nottingham and East Midlands School of Anaesthesia, Nottingham, UK.
    • Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2009 Jun 1; 22 (3): 357-61.

    Purpose Of ReviewThe regimen of thiopental, succinylcholine (SCh) and unsupplemented nitrous oxide/oxygen for Caesarean section was first introduced 50 years ago. This review examines which elements have endured, what has changed, and how practice might alter in the very near future.Recent FindingsSugammadex, a cyclodextrin, is capable of rapid reversal of profound rocuronium neuromuscular blockade.SummaryIt is now feasible that SCh might be replaced with a high-dose rocuronium-sugammadex combination.

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