The optimal succinylcholine dose for intubating emergency patients: retrospective comparative study
Background : Succinylcholine remains the drug of choice for satisfactory rapid-sequence tracheal intubation. It is not clear from the literature why the 1 mg/kg dose of succinylcholine has been traditionally used. The effective dose (ED95) of succinylcholine is less than 0.3 mg/kg. The dose of 1 mg/...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2011-07-01
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| Series: | Libyan Journal of Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.libyanjournalofmedicine.net/index.php/ljm/article/view/7041/pdf_201 |