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Prolonged mivacurium neuromuscular block in children
C Lejus1, Y Blanloeil, N Le Roux
1Service d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation Chirurgicale, CHR Nantes, France.
Paediatric Anaesthesia
|September 22, 1998
Abstract:
The authors report two cases of prolonged neuromuscular block after administration of mivacurium in children with previously undiagnosed plasma cholinesterase deficiency related to homozygous atypical genotype. Their anaesthetic management is described as well as determination of the phenotype of both children and their family.