You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Letters to the editor
Suxamethonium is safe in safe hands; mivacurium should also be considered
  1. ASRAR RASHID, Specialist Paediatric Registrar
  1. MICHAEL WATKINSON, Consultant Neonatologist
  1. Neonatal Unit
  2. Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
  3. Bordesley Green, Birmingham B9 5SS
  4. email: Drasrar@lineone.net
  5. Neonatal Unit
  6. Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

https://doi.org/10.1136/fn.83.2.F160b

Statistics from Altmetric.com

    Request Permissions

    If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

    Editor—We thank Whyteet al 1 for detailing the premedication policies for intubation in United Kingdom neonatal units. There is a wide disparity in both the type and dosage of drugs.

    Whyte et al 1 mention that, as a muscle relaxant, suxamethonium, has important safety benefits. It has a very rapid onset and offset of action, …

    View Full Text

    Linked Articles