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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 42, 16-20, Copyright © 1995 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Mivacurium-induced neuromuscular blockade during sevoflurane and halothane anaesthesia in children

RF Kaplan, M Garcia and RS Hannallah
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010.

The neuromuscular blocking effects of mivacurium during sevoflurane or halothane anaesthesia was studied in 38 paediatric patients aged 1-12 yr. All received premedication with midazolam, 0.5 mg.kg-1 po and an inhalational induction with up to 3 MAC of either agent in 70% N2O and O2. The ulnar nerve was stimulated at the wrist by a train-of-four stimulus every ten seconds and the force of adduction of the thumb recorded with a Myotrace force transducer. Anaesthesia was maintained with a one MAC end-tidal equivalent of either volatile agent for five minutes before patients received mivacurium (0.2 mg.kg-1) iv. The onset of maximal blockade occurred in 2.4 +/- 1.26 (mean +/- SD) min with halothane and 1.8 +/- 0.54 min with sevoflurane (NS). Four patients failed to achieve 100% block (3 halothane, 1 sevoflurane). The times from injection to 5, 75, and 95% recovery during sevoflurane (9.8 +/- 2.6, 19.5 +/- 4.4, and 24.2 +/- 4.8 min) were greater than during halothane anaesthesia (7.2 +/- 2.2, 15.0 +/- 4.0, 19.2 +/- 4.9 min, respectively (P < 0.005). All patients demonstrated complete spontaneous recovery of neuromuscular function (T1 > 95%, T4/T1 > 75%) during the surgery which lasted 24-63 min. All patients showed clinical signs of full recovery of neuromuscular blockade (i.e., headlift, gag, or cough). Pharmacological reversal was not required. It is concluded that following a single intubating dose of mivacurium, the time to maximum relaxation was not different during halothane and sevoflurane anaesthesia; recovery times to 5, 75 and 95% twitch height were longer during sevoflurane anaesthesia and neuromuscular reversal was not necessary.


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