The Impact of Post-tetanic Count on Subsequent Train-of-four During Recovery From Rocuronium

Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Post-tetanic Count on One Arm, the Other Arm is the Control

Treatments: Device: NMT (a device that can do neurostimulation and can record the response on the stimulation by Datex)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01086176

MaisonneuveRH-09092

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to see how long does the effect of a post-tetanic facilitation last on subsequent train-of-four. The investigators hypothesis is that the effect last at least 30 minutes.

Enrollment: 22 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient having general anesthesia in dorsal decubitus with both arm available for at least an hour and a half

Exclusion criteria

• Age >75 or <18
• Neuromuscular disease
• difficult laryngoscopy predicted
• Allergy to rocuronium
• Malignant hyperthermia
• Full stomach
• Drugs the influence neuromuscular blockers
• Decision of the clinician to exclude his patient

Trial design

22 participants in 1 patient group

Patient-control

Treatment:

Device: NMT (a device that can do neurostimulation and can record the response on the stimulation by Datex)