THE USE OF MUSCLE RELAXANTS IN BURNT CHILDREN.

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AnaesthesiaVolume 19, Issue 2 p. 231-238 Free Access The use of muscle relaxants in burnt children* G.H. BUSH MA, DM, FFARCS, DA, G.H. BUSH MA, DM, FFARCS, DA Department of Anæsthesia Alder Hey Children's Hospital, LiverpoolSearch for more papers by this author G.H. BUSH MA, DM, FFARCS, DA, G.H. BUSH MA, DM, FFARCS, DA Department of Anæsthesia Alder Hey Children's Hospital, LiverpoolSearch for more papers by this author First published: April 1964 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1964.tb00371.xCitations: 22 * This paper was read at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Anæsthetists of Gt. Britain and Ireland at Harrogate, November 1963 AboutReferencesRelatedInformationPDFPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessClose modalShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL References 1 FINER, B.L. and NYLEN, B.O. (1961). Cardiac arrest in the treatment of burns and report on hypnosis as a substitute for anæsthesia. Plastic and reconst. surg. 27, 2, 49. 2 MIDDLETTON, H.G. (1957). Anæsthesia for burned children. Proc. Roy. Soc. Med. 50, 888. 3 PRENDIVILLE, J.B. and MIDDLETON, H.G. (1954). Acute postoperative laryngeal obstruction. Brit. med. J. 1, 1126. 4 SHANNON, D.W. (1957). Resuscitation of the burned child. Proc. Roy. Soc. Med. 50, 885. 5 MCCAUGHEY, T.J. (1962). Hazards of anæsthesia for the burnt child. Canad. Anæsth. Soc. J. 9, 220. 6 BUSH, G.H., GRAHAM, G.R., LITTLEWOOD, A.M.H. and SCOTT, L.B. (1962) Danger of suxamethonium and endotracheal intubation in cases of burns. Brit. med. J. 2, 1081. 7 MONCRIEF, J. A. (1958). Complications of burns. Ann. Surg. 147, 443. 8 FINER, B.L. and NYLEN, B.O. (1959). Double cardiac arrest with survival. Brit. med.J. 1, 624. 9 FORREST, T. (1959). A report on two cases of cardiac arrest. Brit. J. Anaes. 31, 277. 10 MASTERS, F.W., HANSEN, J.M. and ROBINSON, D.W. (1959). Anæsthetic complications in plastic surgery. Plast. reconstr. Surg. 24, 472. 11 FLEMING, W.B., HUESTON, J.T., STUBBE, J.L. and VILLIERS, J.D. (1960). Two episodes of cardiac arrest in one week. Brit. med. J. 1, 157. 12 MCINTYRE, J.W. (1962). Succinylcholine-induced bradycardia with reference to methoxyflurane anæsthesia. Canad. Aæsth. Soc. J. 9, 408. 13 SCHOENSTADT, D.A. and WHITCHER, C.E. (1963). Observations on the mechanism of succinyldicholine - induced cardiac arrhythmias. Anesthesiology 24, 358. 14 WILLIAMS, C.H., DEUTSCH, S., LINDE, H.W., BULLOUGH, J.W. and DRIPPS, R.D. (1961). Effects of intravenously administered succinyldicholine on cardiac rate, rhythm and arterial blood pressure in anaesthetised man. Anesthesiology 22, 947. 15 RIDING, J.E. and ROBINSON, J.S. (1961). The safety of neostigmine. Anæsthesia 16, 346. 16 MINNITT, R. J. (1917). A note on acidosis. Brit. med. J. 1, 155. 17 STEVENSON, J.E. (1960). A review of some side effects of muscle relaxants in small animals. J. Small Anim. Pract. 1, 77. 18 ADAMS, A.K. and HALL, L.W. (1962). An experimental study of the action of suxamethonium on the circulatory system. Brit. J. Anaes. 34, 445. 19 DOWDY, E.G. and FABIAN, L.W. (1963). Ventricular arrhythmias induced by succinyldicholine in digitalised patients. Anesth. and Analg. 41, 501. 20 DUNDEE, J.W. and GRAY, T.C. (1951). Variations in response to relaxant drugs. Lancet 2, 1015. 21 DUNDEE, J.W. and GRAY, T.C. (1953). Resistance to tubocurarine chloride in the presence of liver damage. Lancet 2, 16. 22 HEYMAMANS, C., VERBEKE, R. and VOTOVA, Z. (1948). Cholinesterases symptomes cholinergiques et sensibilitéà l'acetylcholine. Arch. int. Pharmacodyn. 77, 486. 23 ALADJEMOFF, L., DIKSTEIN, S. and SHAFRIR, E. (1958). Binding Of tubocurarine chloride to plasma proteins. J. Pharmacol. 123, 43. 24 SEVITT, S. (1957). Burns: Pathology and therapeutic applications. Butter-worth: London . 25 EL-HAKIM, M.S. and BARAKA, A. (1963). In press. Citing Literature Volume19, Issue2April 1964Pages 231-238 ReferencesRelatedInformation RecommendedThe use of muscle relaxants in burnt childrenGORDON H. BUSH, AnaesthesiaInteractions of calcium channel blockers with non-depolarising muscle relaxants in vitroS. SEKERCI, M. TULUNAY, AnaesthesiaEvaluation of a device for the measurement of the evoked tensions of the rectus abdominis muscleN. G. GOUDSOUZIAN, J. WELCH, AnaesthesiaAnticholinergic actions of steroid muscle relaxantsJ. M. BADEN, AnaesthesiaCardiomyoplasty and muscle relaxantsP. Ceriana, E. Domenegati, F. Gazzoli, Anaesthesia