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This review makes an advocacy for neuromuscular blockade monitoring during anaesthesia care, by: (i) describing the fundamental principles of the methods currently available, at the same time emphasizing quantitative recording measurements; (ii) describing the different ways in which muscles respond to the effect of neuromuscular blockade and their use in clinical practice; (iii) presenting results of different studies on timing and agents of neuromuscular block reversal, including a recommendation for sugammadex use and experimental results with calabadion and (iv) in the end emphasizing the need for implementing neuromuscular monitoring as a practice that should be used every time a neuromuscular block is required.

Neuromuscular monitoring: an update

Romanian Journal of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

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This review makes an advocacy for neuromuscular blockade monitoring during anaesthesia care, by: (i) describing the fundamental principles of the methods...

Neuromuscular monitoring: an update

Published Online: Jun 15, 2018

Page range: 55 - 60

Received: Mar 12, 2018

Accepted: Mar 26, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21454/rjaic.7518.251.nrm

Keywords
neuromuscular monitoring, residual neuromuscular blockade, peripheral nerve stimulator, quantitative monitoring, sugammadex, calabadion

© 2018 Mădălina Duţu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Neuromuscular monitoring: an update

Published Online: Jun 15, 2018

Page range: 55 - 60

Received: Mar 12, 2018

Accepted: Mar 26, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21454/rjaic.7518.251.nrm

Keywordsneuromuscular monitoring, residual neuromuscular blockade, peripheral nerve stimulator, quantitative monitoring, sugammadex, calabadion

© 2018 Mădălina Duţu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
neuromuscular monitoring, residual neuromuscular blockade, peripheral nerve stimulator, quantitative monitoring, sugammadex, calabadion