A Case of Prolonged Paresis following GaIIamine on Reoperation Patient .

Author: Sung Ja LEE ¹ ; Young Sok CHOI ; Young Hyuk KIM ; Jung Soon SHIN
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1. Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Publication Type:Case Report
MeSH: Humans; Muscle Weakness; Neostigmine; Paresis*; Reoperation*; Ventilation
From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 1975;8(1):97-99
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:Korean
Abstract: The authors have experience of a case of prolonged paresis following administration of galamine triethiodide to a patient undergoing reoperation. The muscular weakness continued for 20 hours, necessitating artificial ventilation intermittently. It was reversed by neostigmine.