Anesthesia
Infusion with patient-controlled analgesia pump improves vecuronium priming
Published in Drug Week, March 10th, 2006
The "priming principle is implied to hasten intubation with the use of vecuronium," anesthesiologists in India explained. "Priming dose is usually injected by bolus, and certain side effects have been observed due to acute rise in plasma levels after bolus injection."
In a study conducted by M. Tripathi and coauthors at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, a "priming infusion regimen of vecuronium using patient controlled analgesia (PCA) pump was compared for the intubation dose onset, intubation, and the side effects with the...
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