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Efficacy of Magnesium Sulphate in Attenuation of Succinylcholine Induced Fasciculations - A Dose Finding Study


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1 VIMS, Ballari, India

Succinylcholine is still a drug of choice for general anaesthesia practice, rapid sequence intubation and in patients having predicted difficult airway. However, it is associated with undesirable effect like fasciculation with incidence being 94%. Magnesium competes with calcium at the neuromuscular junction and inhibits release of acetylcholine and has been shown to reduce incidence of fasciculations.

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Fasciculations, Magnesium Sulphate, Succinylcholine.
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  • Efficacy of Magnesium Sulphate in Attenuation of Succinylcholine Induced Fasciculations - A Dose Finding Study

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Y. Vedashree
VIMS, Ballari, India
S. Balabhaskar
VIMS, Ballari, India
D. Srinivasalu
VIMS, Ballari, India
H. Balasubramanya
VIMS, Ballari, India

Abstract


Succinylcholine is still a drug of choice for general anaesthesia practice, rapid sequence intubation and in patients having predicted difficult airway. However, it is associated with undesirable effect like fasciculation with incidence being 94%. Magnesium competes with calcium at the neuromuscular junction and inhibits release of acetylcholine and has been shown to reduce incidence of fasciculations.

Keywords


Fasciculations, Magnesium Sulphate, Succinylcholine.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/isacon-Karnataka%2F2017%2FFP040