NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS AND MUSCLE RELAXANTS Drugs that effect skeletal muscle function:
General Anesthesia
Drugs that act in the central nervous system (1)
Skeletal muscle relaxants Classification Peripherally acting (Neuromuscular blockers). Centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxants e.g. Baclofen - Diazepam.
General Anesthetics Yacoub M. Irshaid, MD, PhD, ABCP Department of Pharmacology.
MECHANICS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE. A MUSCLE TWITCH The Muscle Twitch Muscle twitch. A single action potential causes a brief contraction followed by relaxation.
OPIOIDS
Conscious Sedation
General Anesthetics
Neurology C ase P resentation August 31 st , 2012
NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKERS and CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANTS
