Neuromuscular Transmission

Written by experts in the research and clinical application of relaxants, this book discusses the recent developments and scientific explanations to give a full understanding of the subject Contributors

Foreword

Preface

Prejunctional mechanisms involved in neuromuscular transmission 1

Postjunctional mechanisms in neuromuscular transmission 28

Central control of neuromuscular transmission 45

Pharmacological interference with neuromuscular transmission 58

Suxamethonium in clinical practice? 80

Clinical use of non-depolarising muscle relaxants 91

Muscle relaxants and concurrent diseases 124

Active reversal and monitoring of neuromuscular blockade 160

Index 189

L. H. D. J. Booij is the author of Neuromuscular Transmission, published by Wiley.