Utilización del sugammadex en el paciente quemado: estudio descriptivo

Objectives

The burn patient is a challenge for the anesthesiologist, undergoing several surgeries during admission, and requiring general anesthesia and muscle relaxation most of the times. They have respiratory system impairment and a response to muscle relaxants that differs from the healthy patient, thus proper monitoring and reversal is crucial. We analyzed sugammadex effectiveness and safety in this population.

Material and methods

Prospectively descriptive study including 4 patients, all of them considered major burn patients, who underwent escharotomy with general anesthesia and neuromuscular relaxation. The main variable was the time for recovery of a TOF higher than 0.9 after the administration of sugammadex before extubation.

Results

Mean time of recovery from a TOF ratio higher than 0.9 following the administration of Sugammadex was of 4.95 min 95% CI (3.25-6.64, P = .53);

Conclusions

the reversion of neuromuscular relaxation with sugammadex appears to be effective and safe in the burn patient. More analytical, comparative studies, of larger populations would be necessary to confirm this data.