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Neuromuscular Blocking Agents

Known as: blockers neuromuscular, neuromuscular blocker, [MS300] NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS 
Drugs that interrupt transmission of nerve impulses at the skeletal neuromuscular junction. They can be of two types, competitive, stabilizing… 
National Institutes of Health

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CisatracuriumCurareGallamine TriethiodideNeuromuscular Depolarizing Agents
In BloodInduction of neuromuscular blockadeMuscle relaxation phaseNeuromuscular Junction

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Neuromuscular AgentsPharmaceutical Preparations

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Intermediate acting non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents and risk of postoperative respiratory complications: prospective propensity score matched cohort study
Objective To determine whether use of intermediate acting neuromuscular blocking agents during general anesthesia increases the… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Postoperative residual curarization from intermediate-acting neuromuscular blocking agents delays recovery room discharge.
BACKGROUND Postoperative residual curarization (PORC) [train-of-four ratio (T4/T1) <0.9] is associated with increased morbidity… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Reversal of neuromuscular block.
The use of anticholinesterases to reverse residual neuromuscular block is efficacious only if recovery is already established. It… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Assembly of the postsynaptic membrane at the neuromuscular junction: paradigm lost
Review
2005
Review
2005
Postoperative residual neuromuscular block: a survey of management.
BACKGROUND To avoid postoperative residual neuromuscular block there is a need for a change in clinician's attitude towards… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Effect of neuromuscular blocking agents on gas exchange in patients presenting with acute respiratory distress syndrome*
ObjectiveTo evaluate the effects of a 48-hr neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBA) infusion on gas exchange over a 120-hr time… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Prolonged paralysis due to nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents and corticosteroids
The long‐term use of nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents (ND‐NMBA) has recently been implicated as a cause of prolonged… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Up‐and-down Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Acetylcholine Receptors Effects on Neuromuscular Blockers
Multiple factors alter the interaction of muscle relaxants with the NMJ. This review has focused on the aberrant responses caused… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Cholinesterase is associated with the basal lamina at the neuromuscular junction
THE cholinesterase (ChE) of skeletal muscle is concentrated at the neuromuscular junction, where it hydrolyses acetylcholine… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Acetylcholine Receptors: Number and Distribution at Neuromuscular Junctions in Rat Diaphragm
The number of acetylcholine receptors per motor end plate in the rat diaphragm, measured by the binding of [1251]α-bungarotoxin… 
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