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  • Title: Vecuronium infusion requirements in children during halothane-narcotic-nitrous oxide, isoflurane-narcotic-nitrous oxide, and narcotic-nitrous oxide anesthesia.
    Author: Woelfel SK, Dong ML, Brandom BW, Sarner JB, Cook DR.
    Journal: Anesth Analg; 1991 Jul; 73(1):33-8. PubMed ID: 1677545.
    Abstract:
    We were interested in determining the infusion rate of vecuronium required to maintain approximately 95% neuromuscular blockade in children during halothane-narcotic-nitrous oxide (0.8% end-tidal concentration), isoflurane-narcotic-nitrous oxide (1.0% end-tidal concentration), or narcotic-nitrous oxide anesthesia. Neuromuscular blockade was monitored by recording the electromyographic activity (Datex NMT) of the adductor pollicis muscle resulting from supramaximal stimulation of the ulnar nerve at 2 Hz for 2 s at 10-s intervals. Effective vecuronium infusion requirements averaged 1.5 +/- 0.1 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 (mean +/- SEM) during isoflurane-narcotic-nitrous oxide anesthesia, 1.9 +/- 0.1 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 during halothane-narcotic-nitrous oxide anesthesia, and 2.4 +/- 0.3 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 during narcotic-nitrous oxide anesthesia. Infusion requirements significantly decreased after the first 30 min of infusion in the presence of both potent inhalation anesthetics, but did not change with time during narcotic-nitrous oxide anesthesia. There was no evidence of decreasing infusion requirements during prolonged vecuronium infusion (2.5 h). There was no difference in the rate of spontaneous or pharmacologically induced recovery between anesthetic groups. The mean recovery index (T25-75) after termination of the infusion was 13.7 min.
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