#eliminateRNB2025

If a picture paints a thousand words, a hashtag #PaintstheWholePicture! #eliminateRNB2025 embodies our mission to eliminate residual neuromuscular block in patients around the world by 2025. This is an important goal, as residual neuromuscular block can cause increased oxygen desaturation, postoperative pneumonia, airway obstruction, and reintubation, as well as increase healthcare costs associated with these…

ASA and EASIC Guidelines on monitoring Residual Neuromuscular Blockade

The latest guidelines from the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (ESAIC) provide important recommendations for quantitative monitoring and antagonism of neuromuscular blockade. These guidelines are based on recent evidence-based research, and they place particular emphasis on using quantitative monitoring. Let’s look at the four main…