(HealthDay News) – Use of intermediate-acting non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents during general anesthesia is associated with an increase in the risk of postoperative respiratory ...

Paralytic drugs, or neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), are powerful muscle relaxants used to prevent muscle movement during surgical procedures. They're also used during critical care, such as ...

Neuromuscular blocking agents, or muscle relaxants, are often used in surgery to prevent muscles from moving when a patient is unconscious. A recent study found that the use of neuromuscular blockers ...

Under anesthesia, patients are often given muscle-relaxing neuromuscular blockers to make intubations easier and reduce the skeletal muscle tone during surgery. Using a drug to remove the blocking ...

Neuromuscular blockade is an essential component of modern anaesthetic practice, enabling muscle relaxation during surgery and facilitating procedures such as tracheal intubation and minimally ...

Baudax Bio, Inc. BXRX announced additional positive data from its phase II study of BX1000, which is used as a neuromuscular blockade (“NMB”) in patients undergoing elective surgery. The efficacy of ...

An ED physician ordered a neuromuscular blocking agent to sedate a combative patient. However, a nurse administered the drug too soon, before the patient could be intubated. The patient arrested and ...

Drugs used for ventilator patients—such as sedatives and neuromuscular blockers—are running low. Healthcare performance company Vizient identified looming potential shortages among 13 drugs (PDF) ...