Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
- The curriculum explicitly asks for knowledge of:
- Muscle relaxants in general, including the properties of an ideal muscle relaxant
- Depolarising agents and non-depolarising agents
- Reversal of neuromuscular blockade
- Organophosphate poisoning, which is mentioned twice(!)
- (Re-)Acquaintance with the physiology of the neuromuscular junction is recommended.
- The ideal neuromuscular blocking agent
- Depolarising agents
- Non-depolarising agents (in general)
- Aminosteroids
- Benzylisoquinoliniums
- Reversal agents
- Anticholinesterases inc. neostigmine
- Sugammadex
- Dantrolene
- Toxins at the NMJ