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Comment
. 2013 May;116(5):1182.
doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31828c0046.

The decision to use succinylcholine for critically ill patients should not be based on duration of time in the intensive care unit alone

Edward A Bittner  1 , J A Jeevendra Martyn, Gerald A Gronert
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Comment

The decision to use succinylcholine for critically ill patients should not be based on duration of time in the intensive care unit alone

Edward A Bittner et al. Anesth Analg. 2013 May.
No abstract available

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  • In response.
    Blanié A, Ract C, Mazoit JX, Vigué B. Blanié A, et al. Anesth Analg. 2013 May;116(5):1182-1183. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31828c005f. Anesth Analg. 2013. PMID: 23738350 No abstract available.

Comment on

  • The limits of succinylcholine for critically ill patients.
    Blanié A, Ract C, Leblanc PE, Cheisson G, Huet O, Laplace C, Lopes T, Pottecher J, Duranteau J, Vigué B. Blanié A, et al. Anesth Analg. 2012 Oct;115(4):873-9. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31825f829d. Epub 2012 Jul 4. Anesth Analg. 2012. PMID: 22763904

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