• Grégory A Hans, Besongo Bosenge, Vincent L Bonhomme, Jean F Brichant, Ingrid M Venneman, and Pol C Hans.
• Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, CHU of Liège, University of Liège, Liege, Belgium.
• Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2012 Feb 1;29(2):95-9.

ContextIntravenous magnesium deepens non-depolarising neuromuscular block.ObjectiveTo assess whether intravenous magnesium has the potential to re-establish paralysis in patients who have just recovered from a non-depolarising neuromuscular block.DesignProspective randomised double-blind controlled study.PatientsTwenty non-obese patients ranging in age from 18 to 80 years were enrolled. Exclusion criteria were a history of liver, kidney or neuromuscular disease and intake of medications interacting with neuromuscular blocking agents.InterventionAfter spontaneous recovery from an intubating dose of rocuronium had been achieved (train-of-four ratio ≥0.9), patients were given either a bolus dose of magnesium 50 mg kg(-1) intravenously or an equivalent volume of isotonic saline over 5 min.Main Outcome MeasuresThe train-of-four ratio was measured every minute until the end of surgery. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients who experienced a decrease in train-of-four ratio following administration of magnesium or saline.ResultsFollowing infusion of the study solution, the train-of-four ratio decreased in all patients in the magnesium group in contrast to none in the saline group (P<0.001). On average, magnesium-induced train-of-four ratio depression reached a nadir of 0.49 after 10 min and lasted for 45 min.ConclusionA bolus dose of intravenous magnesium 50 mg kg(-1) re-establishes a clinically relevant degree of muscle paralysis in patients who have just recovered from a non-depolarising neuromuscular block.Trial RegistrationEudraCT.ema.europa.eu 2009-017372-24.

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