Title : Suxamethonium apnoea associated with pregnancy and liver dysfunction in a treated cretin - Ferguson_1983_Anaesthesia_38_567 |
Author(s) : Ferguson A , Whittaker M , Britten JJ , Perriss BW |
Ref : Anaesthesia , 38 :567 , 1983 |
Abstract :
A patient, with a history of cretinism, who developed suxamethonium apnoea as a consequence of a reduction in plasma cholinesterase activity secondary to the concurrence of pregnancy and liver dysfunction associated with pre-eclampsia is reported. The patient had a normal phenotype for plasma cholinesterase. |
PubMedSearch : Ferguson_1983_Anaesthesia_38_567 |
PubMedID: 6869716 |
Inhibitor | Succinylcholine~Suxamethonium |
Substrate | Succinylcholine~Suxamethonium |
Ferguson A, Whittaker M, Britten JJ, Perriss BW (1983)
Suxamethonium apnoea associated with pregnancy and liver dysfunction in a treated cretin
Anaesthesia
38 :567
Ferguson A, Whittaker M, Britten JJ, Perriss BW (1983)
Anaesthesia
38 :567