Muscle relaxants
Subtitle: side effects and a rational approach to selection
By: edited by Isaac Azar.
Contributors: Azar, Isaac, 1937-
Series: Clinical pharmacology ;; v. 7
Publisher: Dekker
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Muscle relaxants -- Side effects.; Muscle relaxants -- Toxicology.; Muscle relaxants -- Physiological effect.; Cardiovascular System -- drug effects.; Curare-Like Agents -- adverse effects.; Muscle Relaxants, Central -- adverse effects.; Neuromuscular Blocking Agents -- adverse effects.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Autonomic responses to muscle relaxants / Ralph P.F. Scott and John J. Savarese; title: Histamine release by muscle relaxants / Ralph P.F. Scott; title: Muscle relaxants in patients with neuromuscular disorders / Isaac Azar; title: Succinylcholine-induced hyperkalemia / David R. Goldhill and J.A. Jeevendra Martyn; title: Malignant hyperthemia / Henry Rosenberg and Jeffrey E. Fletcher; title: Muscle relaxants and the patient with renal and/or hepatic failure / Stephen M. Rupp; title: Nondepolarizing muscle relaxants in burned patients / Nishan G. Goudsouzian and J.A. Jeevendra Martyn; title: Prolonged apnea following succinylcholine administration / Eugene J. Pantuck and Carol B. Pantuck.