title: [The succinyl-choline drip as a muscle relaxant for ether-air anesthesia (author's transl)].
abstract: We made a test series with ether-air anesthesia in combination with the succinyl-choline (SCC) drip-method. The 53 patients (40 Africans, 10 Indians, 3 Europeans) were 1 to 85 years old. The results we obtained were good: There were no fundamental changes with regard to the circulatory system; the risk of an overdose as well as of a dual block can be reduced by careful observation of the muscular action after the first SCC dose; post-operative complications, too, can be reduced. The ether-air anesthesia is an uncomplicated and cheap method. It is, in combination with succinyl-choline infusion as a muscle relaxant, a most useful anesthetic method for short operations in developing countries.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003906:Developing Countries; D004986:Ether; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central / Q000009:adverse effects; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D013390:Succinylcholine / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central; D004986:Ether; D013390:Succinylcholine
vernacular_title: Der Succinylbischolin-Tropf als Muskelrelaxans bei der Ather-Luft-Anästhesie