title: Cisatracurium neuromuscular block at the adductor pollicis and the laryngeal adductor muscles in humans.
abstract: We have compared the dose-response relationship (n = 30) and time course of neuromuscular block (n = 20) of cisatracurium at the laryngeal adductor and the adductor pollicis muscles. ED95 values for cisatracurium were 66.8 (95% confidence interval 61.3-72.3) micrograms kg-1 at the larynx and 45.2 (42.1-48.3) micrograms kg-1 at the adductor pollicis muscle (P < 0.0001). After administration of cisatracurium 0.1 mg kg-1, onset time was 2.7 (2.2-3.2) min at the larynx and 3.9 (3.0-4.8) min at the adductor pollicis (P < 0.0001). Time to 95% recovery of the first twitch of the TOF was 26.9 (20.1-33.7) min and 45.6 (39.7-51.5) min, respectively (P < 0.0001). We found that the laryngeal adductors were more resistant to the action of cisatracurium than the adductor pollicis muscle, but onset and recovery were faster at the larynx.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Hanyang University Hospital, Songdong-Ku, Seoul.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D001279:Atracurium / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007821:Laryngeal Muscles / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects*; D019148:Neuromuscular Blockade; D003473:Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D003473:Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents; D001279:Atracurium; C101584:cisatracurium