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[The effect of suxamethonium on intracranial pressure]
G Handberg1, I S Jeppesen, H J Frederiksen
1Anaestesiologisk afdeling Y, Amtssygehuset i Glostrup.
Ugeskrift for Laeger
|April 22, 1996
Abstract:
The literature concerning the effect of suxamethonium on intracranial pressure in animals and in humans is presented. The studies have not provided firm indications that suxamethonium per se increases the intracranial pressure. Patients with increased intracranial pressure who are to receive suxamethonium should first be deeply anaesthetized and given a defasciculating dose of a non-depolarizing blocker.