Neuromuscular monitoring during general anaesthesia: a review of current national and international guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The extent to which neuromuscular monitoring is included in professional anaesthesia society guidelines is unclear. Our aim was to comprehensively review neuromuscular monitoring guidelines published by these societies.

Methods

National societies were identified using the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists' member list and further manual searches were undertaken to identify multinational societies and specialist medical colleges. A web search and secondary literature search were conducted to locate guidelines for monitoring during anaesthesia. The income of each nation or group of nations was determined using the World Bank classification.

Results

Forty guidelines were identified. Of 38 nations or classifiable groups of nations, 25 (66%) we

SUBMITTER: Lwin NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10430869 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature