Neuromuscular blocking drugs in the critically ill

doi:10.1016/j.bjae.2021.02.002

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. 2021 Jul;21(7):258-263.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2021.02.002. Epub 2021 Mar 19.

Neuromuscular blocking drugs in the critically ill

C Welhengama¹, A Hall², J M Hunter³

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¹ St. Helen's and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals, Prescot, UK.
² Liverpool University Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
³ University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

PMID: 34178382
PMCID: PMC8212158
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjae.2021.02.002

Review

Neuromuscular blocking drugs in the critically ill

C Welhengama et al. BJA Educ. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;21(7):258-263.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2021.02.002. Epub 2021 Mar 19.

Authors

C Welhengama¹, A Hall², J M Hunter³

Affiliations

¹ St. Helen's and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals, Prescot, UK.
² Liverpool University Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
³ University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

PMID: 34178382
PMCID: PMC8212158
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjae.2021.02.002

No abstract available

Keywords: complications; critical care; neuromuscular blocking drugs.

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Conflict of interest statement

CW and AH have no interests to declare. JMH was Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Anaesthesia (BJA) from 1997 to 2005 and Chair of the BJA Board from 2006 to 2012.

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[1] Tripathi S.S., Hunter J.M. Neuromuscular blocking drugs in the critically ill. Contin Educ Anaesth Crit Care Pain. 2006;6:119–123.

[2] Tripathi S.S., Hunter J.M. Neuromuscular blocking drugs in the critically ill. Contin Educ Anaesth Crit Care Pain. 2006;6:119–123.

[3] Appiah-Ankam J., Hunter J.M. Pharmacology of neuromuscular blocking drugs. Contin Educ Anaesth Crit Care Pain. 2004;4:2–7.

[4] Appiah-Ankam J., Hunter J.M. Pharmacology of neuromuscular blocking drugs. Contin Educ Anaesth Crit Care Pain. 2004;4:2–7.

[5] Cook T.M., Woodall N., Harper J., Benger J. Fourth National Audit Project. Major complications of airway management in the UK: results of the Fourth National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society. Part 2: intensive care and emergency departments. Br J Anaesth. 2011;106:632–642. - PubMed

[6] Cook T.M., Woodall N., Harper J., Benger J. Fourth National Audit Project. Major complications of airway management in the UK: results of the Fourth National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society. Part 2: intensive care and emergency departments. Br J Anaesth. 2011;106:632–642. - PubMed

[7] The ARDS Definition Task Force Acute respiratory distress syndrome. The Berlin definition. JAMA. 2012;307:2526–2533. - PubMed

[8] The ARDS Definition Task Force Acute respiratory distress syndrome. The Berlin definition. JAMA. 2012;307:2526–2533. - PubMed

[9] Papazian L., Forel J.-M., Gacouin A. Neuromuscular blockers in early acute respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1107–1116. - PubMed

[10] Papazian L., Forel J.-M., Gacouin A. Neuromuscular blockers in early acute respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1107–1116. - PubMed

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