These medications are used alongside general anesthesia, which prevents pain and keeps you asleep during the procedure. Paralytic drugs, also called neuromuscular blocking agents, can also be used ...

There are differences between pediatric patients and adults in the responses to neuromuscular blockers. The results of new studies of neuromuscular blockers in pediatric patients are generally ...

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 ...

Perioperative posterior cervical muscle plane block decreased numerical pain rating scores vs anesthesia alone in posterior cervical spine surgery.