Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 22, Issue 5 , Pages 318-323 , August 2010

Acceleromyographic monitoring of neuromuscular block over the orbicularis oris muscle in anesthetized patients receiving vecuronium

  • Yuhji Saitoh, MD (Director)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Tsujinaka Hospital Kashiwanoha, Chiba 277-0871, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 4 7137 3737; fax: +81 4 7137 3738.
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  • Tsutomu Oshima, MD (Sub Director)

      Affiliations

    • Division of Anesthesia, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo 135-8550, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshinori Nakata, MD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan

Received 27 October 2008 ,Revised 9 August 2009 ,Accepted 16 September 2009.

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PII: S0952-8180(10)00138-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2009.09.004

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 22, Issue 5 , Pages 318-323 , August 2010

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