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. 2020 Sep;125(3):e336-e337.
doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.06.014. Epub 2020 Jun 15.

Cardiac arrest precipitated by succinylcholine in a patient with COVID-19. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2020; 125: e255-7

Douglas C Crockett  1 , Matthew C Frise  2 , Jamie M Strachan  3
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Cardiac arrest precipitated by succinylcholine in a patient with COVID-19. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2020; 125: e255-7

Douglas C Crockett et al. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; cardiac arrest; critical care; neuromuscular blocking agent; respiratory failure; succinylcholine.

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