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The Use of Muscle Relaxants and Reversal Agents in a Setting Without Cost Restrictions: Experience from a Tertiary Academic Hospital in the Netherlands.

Chris H MartiniG H Maarten HoningLori D BashErik OlofsenMarieke NiestersMonique van VelzenAlbert DahanMartijn Boon
Published in: Therapeutics and clinical risk management (2022)
In an unrestricted clinical environment, rocuronium and sugammadex are the preferred agents for muscle relaxation and reversal. Pharmacologic reversal of neuromuscular block was uncommon overall, but more likely in older and obese patients, higher ASA classification and shorter lasting procedures. Sugammadex has largely replaced neostigmine for this purpose.
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