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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain | Volume 4 Number 1 | 2004
© The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia 2004

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  1. The duration of action of non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drugs may be prolonged by:
    1. Amitriptyline.
    2. Verapamil.
    3. Hypothermia.
    4. Hypercarbia.
    5. Lidocaine.

  2. Succinylcholine:
    1. Causes a transient rise in blood pressure.
    2. Is metabolized by acetylcholinesterase in the plasma.
    3. Is antagonized by neostigmine.
    4. Causes an exaggerated rise in serum potassium in renal failure patients.
    5. Reduces the permeability of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor to sodium.

  3. Mivacurium:
    1. Has a duration of action which may be increased in hepatic failure.
    2. Is metabolized at 50% of the rate of succinylcholine.
    3. Has active metabolites which accumulate during continuous infusion.
    4. Causes at least as much histamine release as atracurium.
    5. cis–cis and cis–trans isomers are more potent than the trans–trans . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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