PROLONGED APNOEA AFTER SUXAMETHONIUM INJECTION ASSOCIATED WITH EYE DROPS CONTAINING AN ANTICHOLINESTERASE AGENT

Open Access

1 May 1966

journal article
case report
Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia

Vol. 38 (5), 408-410
https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/38.5.408

Abstract

Eye drops containing ecothiopate iodide, a potent anticholinesterase, produced symptoms simulating intestinal obstruction and prolonged the neuromuscular action of suxamethonium.

Keywords

APNEA
CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS
SUCCINYLCHOLINE
EYEDROPS
ABSTRACT SUMMARIES
ECHOTHIOPHATE IODIDE
INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION

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