TITLE:
Successful Use of Sugammadex in a Myasthenic Patient Case Report
AUTHORS:
Silvia Kangassu Rios, Daiana Gomes, Marcos Lopes De Miranda, Carlos Frederico La Cava, Carlos Darcy Bersot
KEYWORDS:
Sugammadex; Myasthenia Gravis; Rocuronium; Neuromuscular Monitoring; Anesthesia
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Anesthesiology,
Vol.3 No.1,
January
31,
2013
ABSTRACT:
The Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an
autoimmune disease that affects neuromuscular transmission and leads to a large
variation of sensibility on depolarizing and nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking
drugs. Sugammadex is a new drug with the capability to successfully revert the nondepolarizing
neuromuscular blocking.
This case report will show a patient with MG that was scheduled for thymectomy, with the objective to use
sugammadex to reverse a rocuronium induced deep level of neuromuscular block and observing the safe use of sugammadex without complications.