Postoperative residual paralysis in patients aged over 65 years old at the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit

Abstract Introduction: Few studies have been made on the incidence of residual paralysis from nondepolarizing relaxants in people over 65 years old; however, estimating the number of cases and treatment thereof are both important. Objective: To study the incidence of residual paralysis with non-depolarizing relaxants in patients over 65 years of age and discuss treatment. Methodology: Analytical observational study based on a cohort design. Results: The pre-extubation residual paralysis was estimated at 23.2% and at 9.2% at patient admission to the Recovery Suite. Pharmacological reversal showed 89.4% and 100% success rates with Neostigmine and Sugammadex respectively, with similar times at T4/T1 > 0.9. Conclusions: The incidence of pre-extubation residual paralysis was lower than the figure published worldwide. Pharmacological reversal therapies were typically highly effective.

• Autores: González Cárdenas, Víctor Hugo; Salazar Ramírez, Kelly Johan; Coral-Sánchez, Gina Tatiana
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2016
• Institución: Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud - FUCS
• Repositorio: Repositorio Digital Institucional ReDi
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.fucsalud.edu.co:001/1439
• Acceso en línea: https://repositorio.fucsalud.edu.co/handle/001/1439
• Palabra clave: Muscle relaxation; Neuromuscular blocking agents; Recovery room; Aged; Anesthesia; Relajación muscular; Bloqueantes neuromusculares; Sala de recuperación
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)