Figure 39-11 Evolution of twitch height (mean ± SD) of the diaphragm (closed circles) and of the adductor pollicis muscle (open circles) in 10 anesthetized patients after administration of atracurium 0.6 mg/kg. (From Pansard J-L, Chauvin M, Lebrault C, et al: Effect of an intubating dose of succinylcholine and atracurium on the diaphragm and the adductor pollicis muscle in humans. Anesthesiology 67:326, 1987.)


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