Pancuronium does not decrease oxygen consumption during hypothermic or normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass.
Published in Anesthesia and analgesia • Sep 1, 1995
Authors:,
V Werlhof
D I Sessler
Abstract
Muscle relaxation reportedly reduces systemic oxygen consumption 30% during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. A potential mechanism is inhibition of hypothermia-induced subclinical muscle tone ("microshivering"). Accordingly, we tested the hypothesis that pancuronium administration would decrease ...
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