Monitoring Neuromuscular Block May be Unreliable in Patients with Upper-motor-neuron Lesions

1980/01/01 by Douglas H. Graham, Douglas H. Graham · 1 citation
Medicine · #Intraoperative Neuromonitoring and Anesthetic Effects #Anesthesia and Pain Management #Anesthesia and Sedative Agents

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Abstract

Monitoring the degree of neuromuscular block during anesthesia has become a routine and valuable practice in the last few years.1 Three recent cases have demonstrated that monitoring with the peripheral-nerve stimulator may be unreliable and misleading in patients with upper-motor-neuron lesions.

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