Neuromuscular effects of isoflurane in patients with myasthenia gravis.
case_control · Level III
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Abstract
Seventeen myasthenia gravis and seven control patients were studied mechano (MMG)- and electromyographically (EMG) during isoflurane/oxygen/air anaesthesia. In myasthenic patients the mean train-of-four ratio and neuromuscular block (by MMG) during 1.9 MAC isoflurane anaesthesia were 55 +/- 9% and 46 +/- 12%, respectively. The correlation between simultaneous MMG and EMG measurements was excellent (r2 = 0.933, P less than 0.001). The occurrence of HLA-B8 together with acetylcholine receptor antibodies seems to predispose myasthenic patients to a neuromuscular depression produced by isoflurane. Our current and prior results show that isoflurane possesses approximately twice as strong a neuromuscular blocking effect as halothane in myasthenic patients.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthesia, Inhalation
- Isoflurane
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Neuromuscular Junction