title: [The effect of suxamethonium on intracranial pressure].
abstract: The literature concerning the effect of suxamethonium on intracranial pressure in animals and in humans is presented. The studies have not provided firm indications that suxamethonium per se increases the intracranial pressure. Patients with increased intracranial pressure who are to receive suxamethonium should first be deeply anaesthetized and given a defasciculating dose of a non-depolarizing blocker.
authors.affiliation: Anaestesiologisk afdeling Y, Amtssygehuset i Glostrup.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Handberg
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Jeppesen
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Frederiksen
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Madsen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D009467:Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013390:Succinylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D009467:Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents; D013390:Succinylcholine
vernacular_title: Suxamethons virkning på det intrakraniale tryk.