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Influence of Isoflurane on Muscle Relaxation with Vecuronium in Clinical Anesthesia

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It has been reported previously that isoflurane increases the neuromuscular blocking potency of vecuronium in man (Rupp et al. 1984). The extent of this augmentation is greater than with halothane and less than with enflurane.

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Nöldge, G., Krieg, N., Schomburg, G., Baumann, B., Scholler, K.L. (1986). Influence of Isoflurane on Muscle Relaxation with Vecuronium in Clinical Anesthesia. In: Lawin, P., Van Aken, H., Puchstein, C. (eds) Isoflurane. Anaesthesiology Intensive Care Medicine/Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, vol 182. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71230-2_15

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