Adequacy of Anesthesia

Can monitoring of neuromuscular function become a new standard for clinical routine?

Johann Motsch, M.D.

Editor's comment:

In the current issue of the CWWJ, our clinical scope is the adequacy of anesthesia. Take a look at our educational support article which presents a graphical framework to illustrate the cortical and subcortical components of the modern anesthesia concept.

As part of that concept, motor stability is an important component of adequate anesthesia.

A little while ago, we published a topic on neuromuscular transmission. I encourage you to revisit that issue. Particularly, the article by professor Motsch is an excellent introduction to monitoring of neuromuscular block. He states, "since residual neuromuscular blockade after general anesthesia is associated with increased perioperative morbidity, detection of prolonged neuromuscular block is of major clinical importance."

Just click here to revisit the neuromuscular monitoring article by professor Motsch.

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