Expert: Ronald Levy, M.D. - 5/9/2007

Question
If a dose of 200 mg. of sux  is given to a person for a general anesthetic and a dose of 100 mg. of sux is given to a person (all other meds etc. being equal).. and there turns out to be a pseudocholinesterase deficiency .. would the larger dose of sux mean a longer time on a vent for that person??

Answer
That's kind of like asking if i shoot you once and kill you does shooting you twice kill you twice as much :> I really can't answer that question but I would imagine there would be a slight increase in vent time but not significantly.

Ronald Levy, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
UTMB-Galveston