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- adjective Not
depolarizing
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Rocuronium bromide injection is a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent indicated as an addition to general anesthesia to facilitate both rapid sequence and routine tracheal intubation, and to provide skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery or mechanical ventilation.
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Neuromuscular paralysis, if needed, may be accomplished with short-acting intravenous nondepolarizing agents, such as atracurium besylate (0.3 mg / kg-0. 5 mg / kg) and vecuronium bromide 0.01 mg-0. 015 mg / kg [81].
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Rocuronium is a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent that unlike other NMBA's provides immediate muscular relaxation.
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Larsson L, Li X, Edstrom L, Eriksson LI, Zackrisson H, et al. (2000) Acute quadriplegia and loss of muscle myosin in patients treated with nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents and corticosteroids: mechanisms at the cellular and molecular levels.
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