"Succinylcholine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A quaternary skeletal muscle relaxant usually used in the form of its bromide, chloride, or iodide. It is a depolarizing relaxant, acting in about 30 seconds and with a duration of effect averaging three to five minutes. Succinylcholine is used in surgical, anesthetic, and other procedures in which a brief period of muscle relaxation is called for.
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D013390
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.877.883.333.780 D02.241.081.337.759.875 D02.675.276.232.780
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Succinylcholine" by people in Profiles.
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Heard JC, Lee Y, Lambrechts MJ, Ezeonu T, Dees AN, Wiafe BM, Wright J, Toci GR, Schwenk ES, Canseco JA, Kaye ID, Kurd MF, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD, Kepler CK. Risk Factors for Postoperative Urinary Retention After Lumbar Fusion Surgery: Anesthetics and Surgical Approach. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2023 Dec 01; 31(23):1189-1196.
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Litman RS, Smith VI, Larach MG, Mayes L, Shukry M, Theroux MC, Watt S, Wong CA. Consensus Statement of the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States on Unresolved Clinical Questions Concerning the Management of Patients With Malignant Hyperthermia. Anesth Analg. 2019 04; 128(4):652-659.
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Zisselman MH, Jaffe RL. ECT in the treatment of a patient with catatonia: consent and complications. Am J Psychiatry. 2010 Feb; 167(2):127-32.
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Theroux MC, Rose JB, Iyengar S, Katz MS. Succinylcholine pretreatment using gallamine or mivacurium during rapid sequence induction in children: a randomized, controlled study. J Clin Anesth. 2001 Jun; 13(4):287-92.
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Rose JB, Theroux MC, Katz MS. The potency of succinylcholine in obese adolescents. Anesth Analg. 2000 Mar; 90(3):576-8.
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Theroux MC, Brandom BW, Zagnoev MM, Drago L. Combinations of high-dose vecuronium and mivacurium provide similar paralysis and intubation conditions to succinylcholine in paediatric patients. Paediatr Anaesth. 1996; 6(6):453-8.
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Theroux MC, Brandom BW, Zagnoev M, Kettrick RG, Miller F, Ponce C. Dose response of succinylcholine at the adductor pollicis of children with cerebral palsy during propofol and nitrous oxide anesthesia. Anesth Analg. 1994 Oct; 79(4):761-5.
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Tolpin EI, Fletcher JE, Rosenberg H, Michaux K. Effects of anaesthetic agents on erythrocyte fragility: comparison of normal and malignant hyperthermia susceptible patients. Can J Anaesth. 1987 Jul; 34(4):366-72.