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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 34, 17-20, Copyright © 1987 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Precurarisation in infants and children less than three years of age

DA Cozanitis, O Erkola, UM Klemola and V Makela

Sixty patients less than three years of age about to undergo adenoidectomy or endoscopy were divided into three groups of 20 each according to age (0-11 months, 12-23 months, 24-35 months). Before the induction of anaesthesia with thiopentone, either tubocurarine 0.05 mg X kg-1 or normal saline was given at random in a double-blind fashion. Three minutes later, the children received succinylcholine 1.5 or 1.0 mg X kg-1, respectively. Muscle movements were graded according to a four-point scale. Blood was sampled for creatine kinase (CK) activity before anaesthesia and on the following morning. When all age groups were combined, there was a significant reduction of muscle movements in patients who had received tubocurarine pretreatment. Serum CK activity rose significantly when saline pretreatment was used in children over the age of one year but not in the infants, despite the presence of muscle movements following succinylcholine administration.




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