Double‐blind comparison of the variability in spontaneous recovery of cisatracurium‐ and vecuronium‐induced neuromuscular block in adult and elderly patients

Abstract

Whereas both the clinically effective duration and the duration of SSR are comparable between the adult and the elderly patients receiving cisatracurium, they differ substantially between these two age groups for vecuronium. Furthermore, the variability in offset is significantly lower in patients receiving cisatracurium, especially in the elderly, which may be of particular clinical interest.