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Rocuronium vs Cis-atracurium: Do Rocuronium Still 'ROCKS' In Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
In Brief
An observational study evaluating Rocuronium Bromide 10 MG/ML and Nimbex 10 MG in 5 ML Injection for Neuromuscular Blockade and 5 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 289 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The current trend in most cardiac surgeries was to use rocuronium as it provides faster recovery in train-of-four ratio compared to other aminosteroid non-depolarising neuromuscular blocker. However, as most cardiac centres' standard of care does not perform any neuromuscular monitoring nor antagonism of neuromuscular blockade effect, residual neuromuscular blockade could potentially be the key to delayed extubation. As such, Cis-atracurium's organ-independent Hofmann elimination could be in favour.
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