Prolonged apnoea due to suxamethonium in Chinese

Anaesth Intensive Care. 1977 Aug;5(3):260-2. doi: 10.1177/0310057X7700500315.

Abstract

A Chinese patient was hypersensitive to a therapeutic dose of suxamethonium because of a genetically determined quantitative and qualitative abnormality of plasma pseudocholinesterase.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anesthesia, Intravenous
  • Apnea / chemically induced*
  • Butyrylcholinesterase / blood
  • China / ethnology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Succinylcholine / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Butyrylcholinesterase
  • Succinylcholine