INFLUENCE OF HAEMODILUTION ON THE POTENCY OFNEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING DRUGS

The potencies of suxamethonium, pancuronium, and tubocurarine were increased, as shown by a parallel shift to the left of cumulative dose-response curves, following normovolaemic haemodilution before operation. This is attributed to an increase in cardiac output, to a decrease in protein binding and, in the case of suxamethonium, to a decrease in cholincsterasc activity.

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