Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
Neuromuscular Blockade - Introduction
The principal pharmacologic effect of neuromuscular-blocking drugs (NMBDs) is to interrupt transmission of synaptic signaling at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) by interacting with the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR).
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Pino, Richard M., editor. "Neuromuscular Blockade - Introduction." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 10th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2022. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728203/all/Airway_Evaluation_and_Management___Applied_Anatomy.
Neuromuscular Blockade - Introduction. In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728203/all/Airway_Evaluation_and_Management___Applied_Anatomy. Accessed July 28, 2025.
Neuromuscular Blockade - Introduction. (2022). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728203/all/Airway_Evaluation_and_Management___Applied_Anatomy
Neuromuscular Blockade - Introduction [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. [cited 2025 July 28]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728203/all/Airway_Evaluation_and_Management___Applied_Anatomy.
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