Prolonged apnoea due to suxamethonium in Chinese.
A Chinese patient was hypersensitive to a therapeutic dose of suxamethonium because of a genetically determined quantitative and qualitative abnormality of plasma pseudocholinesterase.
D000328:Adult; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D001049:Apnea / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002091:Butyrylcholinesterase / Q000097:blood; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013390:Succinylcholine / Q000009:adverse effects*
D002091:Butyrylcholinesterase; D013390:Succinylcholine