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Descriptor
English
:
Neuromuscular Blockade
Descriptor
Spanish
:
bloqueo neuromuscular
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Bloqueio Neuromuscular
Synonyms
English
:
Block, Neuromuscular
Blockade, Neuromuscular
Neuromuscular Block
Tree Number:
E03.706
E05.635
Definition
English
:
The intentional interruption of transmission at the
NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION
by external agents, usually
neuromuscular blocking agents
. It is distinguished from
NERVE BLOCK
in which nerve
conduction
(
NEURAL CONDUCTION
) is interrupted rather than neuromuscular transmission.
Neuromuscular blockade
is commonly used to produce
MUSCLE RELAXATION
as an adjunct to
anesthesia
during surgery and other medical procedures. It is also often used as an experimental manipulation in
basic research
. It is not strictly speaking
anesthesia
but is grouped here with anesthetic
techniques
. The failure of neuromuscular transmission as a result of pathological processes is not included here.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
to produce
muscle relaxation
during surg & in various exper procedures; differentiate from
NERVE BLOCK
: read MeSH definitions
See Related
English
:
Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
History Note
English
:
97
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AE
adverse effects
CL
classification
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
MT
methods
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PX
psychology
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
VE
veterinary
Record Number:
33110
Unique Identifier:
D019148
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