title: Rocuronium and sugammadex: An alternative to succinylcholine for electro convulsive therapy in patients with suspected neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
abstract: We report a case of presumptive neuroleptic malignant syndrome requiring muscle relaxation for electro-convulsive therapy. short acting muscle relaxation without the use of succinylcholine was achieved using rocvronivm reversed with the novel reversal agent sugammadex. We suggest that this combination is a safe and effective alternative to succinylcholine in such cases.
authors: Department of Anaesthesia, Consultant, Letterkenny General Hospital, Letterkenny, Ireland.
authors: Karthik G
authors: KG
authors: Ramamoorthy
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Downey
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Hawthorne