Book contents
- Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway
- Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Basic Principles, Assessment, and Planning of Airway Management
- Section 2 Devices and Techniques to Manage the Abnormal Airway
- Chapter 4 Direct Laryngoscopy Equipment and Techniques
- Chapter 5 Supraglottic Airway Equipment and Techniques
- Chapter 6 Oxygenation Techniques for Children with Difficult Airways
- Chapter 7 Video Laryngoscopy Equipment and Techniques
- Chapter 8 Flexible Bronchoscopy Techniques: Nasal and Oral Approaches
- Chapter 9 Optical Stylet and Light-Guided Equipment and Techniques
- Chapter 10 Rigid Bronchoscopy Equipment and Techniques
- Chapter 11 Hybrid Approaches to the Difficult Pediatric Airway
- Chapter 12 Muscle Relaxants
- Chapter 13 Management of the “Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate” Scenario
- Chapter 14 Ultrasonography for Airway Management
- Chapter 15 Difficult Airway Cart
- Section 3 Special Topics
- Appendix Airway Management Videos
- Index
- References
Chapter 12 - Muscle Relaxants
from Section 2 - Devices and Techniques to Manage the Abnormal Airway
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 September 2019
- Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway
- Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Basic Principles, Assessment, and Planning of Airway Management
- Section 2 Devices and Techniques to Manage the Abnormal Airway
- Chapter 4 Direct Laryngoscopy Equipment and Techniques
- Chapter 5 Supraglottic Airway Equipment and Techniques
- Chapter 6 Oxygenation Techniques for Children with Difficult Airways
- Chapter 7 Video Laryngoscopy Equipment and Techniques
- Chapter 8 Flexible Bronchoscopy Techniques: Nasal and Oral Approaches
- Chapter 9 Optical Stylet and Light-Guided Equipment and Techniques
- Chapter 10 Rigid Bronchoscopy Equipment and Techniques
- Chapter 11 Hybrid Approaches to the Difficult Pediatric Airway
- Chapter 12 Muscle Relaxants
- Chapter 13 Management of the “Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate” Scenario
- Chapter 14 Ultrasonography for Airway Management
- Chapter 15 Difficult Airway Cart
- Section 3 Special Topics
- Appendix Airway Management Videos
- Index
- References
Summary
In the territory between the Amazon and Orinoco rivers in the late sixteenth century, Sir Walter Raleigh observed natives use arrows with a “poison” so strong that its victims died, not by direct physical injury, but rather by the perishing effect of its poison. Curiosity in this substance by European explorers helped transform curare from an arrow poison to a surgical relaxant. The introduction of muscle relaxants revolutionized anesthetic practice as it allowed for improved surgical conditions, lower levels of volatile anesthetics, and improved tracheal intubation conditions.
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- Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway , pp. 129 - 131Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019