Succinylcholine
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- The adverse effect profile of succinylcholine is such that its use in the ICU must be considered obsolete.
- Intravenous succinylcholine is commonly used to temporarily paralyze laryngeal muscles to enable placement of an endotracheal tube for ventilation of patients in emergency situations.
- 2002 Jul;51(7):565-75 The action profile of succinylcholine is unmatched even 50 years after its introduction into anaesthestic practice.
- Succinylcholine is different in humans than in dogs.
- [Succinylcholine is contraindicated in kidney insufficiency--fact or fiction?]Diefenbach C, Buzello W.
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