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Case Reports
. 1980 Nov;52(11):1149-50.
doi: 10.1093/bja/52.11.1149.

Prolongation of suxamethonium following plasma exchange

J Lumley
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Case Reports

Prolongation of suxamethonium following plasma exchange

J Lumley. Br J Anaesth. 1980 Nov.
Free article

Abstract

Repeated plasma exchange was used in the treatment of a 70-yr-old woman with Wegener's granulomatosis. Two days following the last exchange, the plasma cholinesterase was 14% of normal and there was a prolonged response to the action of suxamethonium.

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