Comparison of 0.3mg/kg, 0.6mg/kg and 1.0mg/kg succinylcholine in producing acceptable intubating conditions among adult patients at the Jos university teaching hospital
BACKGROUND: Succinylcholine at 1.0 mg/kg usually provides acceptable tracheal intubation condition within 60 seconds. The return of respiratory function following this dose is not quick enough to prevent oxyhaemoglobin desaturation when ventilation is not assisted. This randomized, double blind stud...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Nigerian Journal of Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2019;volume=28;issue=3;spage=232;epage=236;aulast=I;type=0 |