Assessment of the Datex Relaxograph during anaesthesia and atracurium-induced neuromuscular blockade.
The Datex Relaxograph is a recently introduced electromyographic monitor of neuromuscular transmission. It has been assessed in patients requiring neuromuscular blockade and the results compared with those obtained simultaneously with a force transducer. There was a good correlation between the two methods of measurement for both twitch height and train-of-four ratio (correlation coefficients 0.93 and 0.97, respectively). The Datex Relaxograph proved easy to use in the clinical setting.
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001279:Atracurium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004576:Electromyography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects*
D001279:Atracurium