Neuromuscular Blockade - Monitoring of Neuromuscular Function

Monitoring of Neuromuscular Function

There are several reasons to monitor neuromuscular function under anesthesia:

To facilitate timing of intubation
To provide an objective measurement of relaxation during surgery and degree of recovery before extubation
To titrate NMBD dosage according to patient response
To monitor for the development of phase II block
To permit early recognition of patients with abnormal plasma cholinesterase activity
To prevent sequelae of residual postoperative neuromuscular blockade

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