Anesthesia and myopathy.
OBJECTIVE
This report reviews the derangements of neuromuscular transmission in the different types of myopathy.


RESULTS
The article covers recent literature on myopathy, whether prejunctional, junctional or postjunctional, as well as intensive care unit myopathy, and outlines the influence of myopathy on the action of both depolarizing and non-depolarizing muscle relaxants.


CONCLUSIONS
The review classifies myopathy according to its cause, and sheds light on the upregulation and downregulation of endplate acetylcholine receptors. These findings are important for both clinical practice, and for research into neuromuscular transmission.
Baraka
Anis S
AS
Department of Anesthesiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon. abaraka@aub.edu.lb
Jalbout
Maya I
MI