Prolongation of suxamethonium following plasma exchange.
Repeated plasma exchange was used in the treatment of a 70-yr-old woman with Wegener's granulomatosis. Two days following the last exchange, the plasma cholinesterase was 14% of normal and there was a prolonged response to the action of suxamethonium.
D000368:Aged; D002802:Cholinesterases / Q000097:blood; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010951:Plasma Exchange; D013390:Succinylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
D002802:Cholinesterases; D013390:Succinylcholine