Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Dec 2002
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical TrialA comparison of two depths of prolonged neuromuscular blockade induced by cisatracurium in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients.
To compare two levels of continuous cisatracurium-induced curarization in hypoxemic, ventilated patients. ⋯ When a prolonged curarization is decided upon in an ICU patient, a blockade at 2/4 at TOF at orbicularis oculi has similar effects on respiratory parameters as a blockade at 0/4, allowing a decrease in total administered doses and a shortening of the recovery of muscle strength after cessation of infusion.