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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 19, 607-614, Copyright © 1972 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Respiratory Flow Resistance after Curare and Pancuronium, Measured by Forced Oscillations

R. R. CRAGO B.SC., M.D.1, A. C. BRYAN M.B., B.S., PH.D., A. K. LAWS M.B., B.S., F.F.A.R.C.S., and AVERILL E. WINESTOCK R.N.

1 Department of Anaesthesia, Toronto General Hospital

The method of forced oscillations was used to examine the effect of curare on respiratory flow resistance and to compare it to the effect of pancuronium. The results indicate that curare has a bronchoconstrictor effect that is significant in thosse with pre-exiting airways obstructive disease. In contrast, pancuronium has no such effect. It is concluded that curare should be avoided in any patient with significant airways obstruction. The data suggests that pancuronium is the agent of choice.

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Presented at the Cansdian anaesthetists' Society Annual Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 1972.






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