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The Use, Misuse and Abuse of Muscle Relaxants


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1 Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Banur, Patiala, Punjab, India
2 Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Shere Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
3 Anaesthesiology Intensive Care, SGRD Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab, India
 

For the sake of humanity and betterment of treatment modalities, researchers in medical field have done tireless job since decades in elevating the level of evidence based medicine. Compared to other medicine and surgical fields, the young anesthesiology science has achieved wonderful advancements mainly due to the efforts of these researchers and also a large contribution by the surgical patients. However, every advancement may also have some inherently associated drawbacks just like shadow parts of the objects which are inseparable.
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Authors

Sukhminder Jit Singh Bajwa
Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Banur, Patiala, Punjab, India
Zulfiqar Ali
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Shere Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Arvinder Pal Singh
Anaesthesiology Intensive Care, SGRD Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab, India

Abstract


For the sake of humanity and betterment of treatment modalities, researchers in medical field have done tireless job since decades in elevating the level of evidence based medicine. Compared to other medicine and surgical fields, the young anesthesiology science has achieved wonderful advancements mainly due to the efforts of these researchers and also a large contribution by the surgical patients. However, every advancement may also have some inherently associated drawbacks just like shadow parts of the objects which are inseparable.

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