Neuromuscular blocking agents make a variety of life-saving procedures possible. However, these agents can be lethal unless appropriate ventilation is provided, and the use of a peripheral-nerve ...

An ED physician ordered a neuromuscular blocking agent to sedate a combative patient. However, a nurse administered the drug too soon, before the patient could be intubated. The patient arrested ...

In the control group, 86 patients (17.0%) received a neuromuscular blocking agent during the first 48 hours at a median cisatracurium (or equivalent) dose of 38 mg (interquartile range, 14 to 200).

Neuromuscular blockade is an essential component of modern anaesthetic practice, ... thereby offering a potential universal antidote to various blocking agents [1].

Neuromuscular blocking agents have been inadvertently administered to patients who were not receiving proper ventilator assistance. Because the respiratory muscles were paralyzed, some patients ...