• Critical care clinics · Oct 1995

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    Use of neuromuscular blocking drugs in the critically ill patient.

    • D B Coursin and R C Prielipp.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin Clinical Science Center, Madison, USA.
    • Crit Care Clin. 1995 Oct 1; 11 (4): 957-81.

    AbstractNeuromuscular blocking drugs are used routinely to facilitate the care of critically ill patients of all ages. This article addresses current uses and concerns about the appropriate administration of these drugs. Several important topics are highlighted, including basic physiology of neuromuscular transmission, blocker pharmacology, drug selection, monitoring, and future areas of research.

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