Change in end-tidal position in children after suxamethonium.
The change in end-tidal position (ETP) after suxamethonium-induced paralysis was measured in 15 children during routine general anaesthesia. In all patients the onset of muscle paralysis was associated with an increase in lung volume from ETP. This increase may be the result of paralysis of the expiratory muscles which are active during anaesthesia.
D000367:Age Factors; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003521:Cyclopropanes; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects; D008170:Lung Compliance; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008297:Male; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D013147:Spirometry; D013390:Succinylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013990:Tidal Volume
D003521:Cyclopropanes; D013390:Succinylcholine