Weakened All Weekend

Johnson, Daniel W.

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Daniel W. Johnson MD¹¹

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This case discusses the complex pharmacodynamic interaction between vecuronium and amikacin resulting in increased neuromuscular blockade.

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Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Anesthesia Services Department, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Med Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catherine Marcucci MD
Department of Anesthesiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Michael P. Hutchens MD
Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Erica D. Wittwer MD, PhD , Toby N. Weingarten MD , Juraj Sprung MD, PhD & Wayne T. Nicholson MD, PharmD, MSc , , &
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Kirk Lalwani MD
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Med Liliane S. Kaufmann Building, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
David G. Metro MD
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Randal O. Dull MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Christopher E. Swide MD
Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
F. Jacob Seagull PhD
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Portland, OR, USA
Jeffrey R. Kirsch MD (Professor and Chair) (Professor and Chair)
Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland Medical System VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Johnson, D.W. (2015). Weakened All Weekend. In: Marcucci, C., et al. A Case Approach to Perioperative Drug-Drug Interactions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7495-1_98

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