New research data proves the value of accurate monitoring of patients after use of muscle relaxants
News: Uppsala, November 4, 2019. New evidence from the POPULAR study concludes that higher TOF-ratio before extubating reduces the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications.
The results of the POPULAR (POst-anaesthesia PULmonary complications After use of muscle Relaxants) study including 211 sites and over 22,000 patients throughout Europe was published in The Lancet in February 2019. The study concluded that the use of neuromuscular blocking drugs in general anesthesia is associated with an increased risk of postoperative pulmonary complications.
Further analysis of the