Diaphragm Ultrasound to Evaluate the Antagonistic Effect of Sugammadex

Summary

The use of muscle relaxants is an indispensable in the general anesthesia but is prone to accidents, which are often related to residual muscle relaxant. Therefore, how to timely and effectively eliminate the residual effect of muscle relaxants after surgery has become an urgent clinical problem. Rocuronium is a non-depolarizing muscle relaxant that is primarily metabolized by the liver. Patients with liver dysfunction can affect the metabolic process of rocuronium, thereby delaying the recovery of muscle relaxation. Sugammadex (SUG) is a novel specific antagonist of aminosteroid muscle relaxants, which can effectively antagonize muscle relaxants at different depths. However, whether liver dysfunction affects the antagonistic effect of SUG against rocuronium has not been reported yet. Therefore, the investigators hypothesize that with the increase of patients' liver Child-Pugh grade, the recovery time of rocuronium antagonized by the same dose of SUG after surgery will be prolonged, and the incidence of muscle relaxation residual will be increased in the short term.

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Start

2021-07-01

Primary completion

2022-12

Completion

2022-12

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