Why the study?
Does severe residual neuromuscular blockade contribute to critical respiratory events in patients in the PACU?
Population
Patients in the Postanesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
Comparison
Severe residual neuromuscular blockade (exposure) vs Control patients without Critical Respiratory…
Design
Case-control
Follow-up
PACU stay
Authors
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Residual blockade may contribute to CREs; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice pending RCTs.
Does severe residual neuromuscular blockade contribute to critical respiratory events in patients in the PACU?
Incomplete neuromuscular recovery is an important contributing factor to adverse respiratory events in the postanesthesia care unit.
Murphy et al. (2008) studied this question.
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