Changes in Intraoperative Rocuronium Dosing after the Introduction of Sugammadex and Association with Postoperative Respiratory Complications: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Sugammadex introduction was followed by a 45.1% increase in rocuronium doses. While sugammadex attenuated the risk of postoperative respiratory complications, it was completely abolished only with quantitative neuromuscular monitoring.
Authors
- Luca J. Wachtendorf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9966-2092)
- Peter Kienbaum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0655-9177)
- Maximilian S. Schaefer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8186-4748)
- Guanqing Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9403-5890)
- Satya Krishna Ramachandran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7176-6375)
- Lisa Kaiser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4667-9615)
- Dario von Wedel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8102-0254)
- Elena Ahrens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0264-5959)
- Hannah Kiziltug
- Denys Shay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9242-4094)
- Philipp Faßbender (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7286-8699)
- Matthias Eikermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7893-0596)
- Xiaohan Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0243-9271)
- Béla‐Simon Paschold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0451-3562)
- Theresa Tenge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9529-2461)
- Sophia Riesemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3523-7314)
Institutions
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Wested (US)
- Montefiore Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (US)
- House of Representatives (NL)
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital (US)
- Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE)
- Universidad Laica Vicente Rocafuerte de Guayaquil (EC)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Anesthesiology
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000005880
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.38