A patient with myasthenia gravis showing lower sensitivity to rocuronium and earlier recovery of train-of-four responses on electromyography compared to acceleromyography: a case report

• Published in: JA clinical reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 39 - 6
• Main Authors: Murakami, Yoshiko, Fujimoto, Masafumi, Hirata, Naoyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 07.07.2025; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Acceleromyography; Anesthesiology; Calibration; Case Report; Critical Care Medicine; Electromyography; Emergency Medicine; General anesthesia; Intensive; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Myasthenia gravis; Pain Medicine; Patients; Ratios; Robotic surgery; Japan; Electromyography; Acceleromyography; Myasthenia gravis

Background Although newly developed electromyographic devices have been introduced in anesthetic practice, reports on their use in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) are lacking. We describe electromyographic monitoring combined with acceleromyography in a myasthenic patient. Case presentation A 5...