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Prolonged apnoea due to suxamethonium in Chinese. 1977

C S Chan, and J D Robinson, and K T Lam

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

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D002091 Butyrylcholinesterase An aspect of cholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.8). Pseudocholinesterase,Benzoylcholinesterase,Butyrylthiocholinesterase
D002681 China A country spanning from central Asia to the Pacific Ocean. Inner Mongolia,Manchuria,People's Republic of China,Sinkiang,Mainland China
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000771 Anesthesia, Intravenous Process of administering an anesthetic through injection directly into the bloodstream. Anesthesias, Intravenous,Intravenous Anesthesia,Intravenous Anesthesias
D001049 Apnea A transient absence of spontaneous respiration. Apneas
D013390 Succinylcholine A quaternary skeletal muscle relaxant usually used in the form of its bromide, chloride, or iodide. It is a depolarizing relaxant, acting in about 30 seconds and with a duration of effect averaging three to five minutes. Succinylcholine is used in surgical, anesthetic, and other procedures in which a brief period of muscle relaxation is called for. Succinyldicholine,Suxamethonium,Anectine,Celocurine,Dicholine Succinate,Ditilin,Listenon,Lysthenon,Myorelaxin,Quelicin,Succicuran,Succinylcholine Chloride,Succinylcholine Dibromide,Succinylcholine Dichloride,Succinylcholine Dichloride, Di-H2O,Succinylcholine Diiodide,Succinylcholine Diperchlorate,Succinylcholine Iodide,Suxamethonium Bromide,Suxamethonium Chloride,Bromide, Suxamethonium,Dibromide, Succinylcholine,Dichloride, Succinylcholine,Diiodide, Succinylcholine,Diperchlorate, Succinylcholine,Succinate, Dicholine,Succinylcholine Dichloride, Di H2O

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