Paralytic drugs, or neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), are powerful muscle relaxants used to prevent muscle movement during surgical procedures. They're also used during critical care, such as ...

September 16, 2010 — Neuromuscular blockade may improve outcomes in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) without increasing muscle weakness, according to the results of a multicenter, ...

Atracurium was administered subcutaneously instead of hepatitis B vaccine to seven infants. The infants developed respiratory distress within 30 minutes. Five infants recovered, one sustained ...

Nearly half of drug-caused deaths by health care workers involved drugs that were obtained from their place of work, new research finds. Patients receiving neuromuscular blocking medications as part ...