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J D Tobias1, J O Johnson, K Sprague

  • 1Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Missouri, Columbia, 65212, USA. tobiasj@health.missouri.edu

Anesthesiology
|October 19, 2001
PubMed
Summary

Rapacuronium causes significant airway effects, including increased peak inflating pressure and decreased dynamic compliance, in intubated adults. Cis-atracurium did not produce these adverse respiratory changes.

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