Rocuronium versus saline for effective facemask ventilation during anesthesia induction: a double-blinded randomized placebo-controlled trial

Abstract Background Mask ventilation progressively improves after loss of consciousness during anesthesia induction possibly due to progression of muscle paralysis. This double-blinded randomized placebo-controlled study aimed to test a hypothesis that muscle paralysis improves mask ventilation duri...

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Main Authors: Akira Ide, Natsuko Nozaki-Taguchi, Shin Sato, Kei Saito, Yasunori Sato, Shiroh Isono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-022-01717-2