Succinylcholine, a rapid-onset ... It is used to put you to sleep during a medical procedure. When surgery is complete, medication is given to reverse the effects of the paralytic drugs.

This patient's potassium level before succinylcholine administration was 3.7 meq/L and rose to 7.3 meq/L during cardiac arrest. After receiving succinylcholine, her electrocardiogram showed wide ...

Since the 1950s, cardiac arrest has been observed in burn patients receiving succinylcholine. A decade later, hyperkalemia was determined to be the cause of the cardiac arrest in these patients.

Prolonged surgery: maintenance dose of 0.08–0.10mg/kg, usually given 20–45 minutes after initial inj dose. Intubation with succinylcholine, significant cardiovascular disease, history of ...

Intubation with succinylcholine: reduce initial vecuronium dose to 0.04–0.06mg/kg with inhalation anesthesia; and to 0.05–0.06mg/kg with balanced anesthesia. Prolonged surgery: maintenance ...