PULMONARY ASPIRATION OF GASTRIC CONTENTS AFTER A PRIMING DOSE OF VECURONIUM

Authors
SHORTEN GD BRAUDE BM
Citation
Gd. Shorten et Bm. Braude, PULMONARY ASPIRATION OF GASTRIC CONTENTS AFTER A PRIMING DOSE OF VECURONIUM, Paediatric anaesthesia, 7(2), 1997, pp. 167-169
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology,Pediatrics
Journal title
Paediatric anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
11555645
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
167 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
1155-5645(1997)7:2<167:PAOGCA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A case is presented of a 16-year-old girl with ectodermal dysplasia fo r whom dental surgery under general anaesthesia was planned. Following a priming dose of vecuronium, and immediately after injection of sodi um thiopentone (5 mg kg(-1)) pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents occurred. It is hypothesized that, because of the rapid speed of onset of neuromuscular blocking agents on the laryngeal muscles, that parti al laryngeal paralysis was present at the time of induction of anaesth esia and that this was responsible in part for the episode of pulmonar y aspiration.