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Muscle Relaxants and their speed of onset

Anaesthesia Coffee Break

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Neuromuscular Blocking Agents - What's the Difference?

You've got to use higher doses of succymatone. Much higher doses. I think they say two to 2.3 milligrams per kilo, like B dose double the doses. And the funny thing is, because you've got such weak muscles in this that, you know, often you can just intubate on propofol and alfentanyl, fentanyl. So yeah, a lot of it probably is a bit academic that we're not necessarily using muscle relaxants for these cases of severe mycyney gravis,. where it would have a big effect.

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