Fresh frozen plasma and edrophonium in a patient with a plasma cholinesterase deficiency

Anaesthesia. 1993 Jun;48(6):511-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1993.tb07073.x.

Abstract

A 35-year-old woman undergoing laparoscopic sterilisation developed prolonged apnoea after suxamethonium. Fresh frozen plasma was given to replenish plasma cholinesterase, but recovery of neuromuscular transmission was not accelerated. Routine use of quantitative neuromuscular monitoring simplified her postoperative management.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Apnea / chemically induced*
  • Apnea / therapy
  • Cholinesterases / deficiency*
  • Edrophonium / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Monitoring, Physiologic
  • Neuromuscular Junction / physiology
  • Plasma*
  • Postoperative Complications / chemically induced
  • Succinylcholine / adverse effects*
  • Synaptic Transmission / physiology

Substances

  • Edrophonium
  • Cholinesterases
  • Succinylcholine