TY - JOUR
T1 - Intravascular pancuronium bromide infusion for prenatal diagnosis of twin-twin transfusion syndrome
AU - Tanaka, Mamoru
AU - Natori, Michiya
AU - Ishimoto, Hitoshi
AU - Kohno, Hachiro
AU - Kobayashi, Toshifumi
AU - Nozawa, Shiro
PY - 1992/1/1
Y1 - 1992/1/1
N2 - The diagnosis ot twin-twin transfusion syndrome remains a problem. Intravascular infusion of pancuronium bromide, a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent, for the smaller of a set of twins demonstrated paralysis of both twins in one case. However, in a second case, paralysis was shown only in the smaller twin who demonstrated no transplacental vascular communications postnatally. We suggest that infusion of pancuronium bromide, ‘pancuronium test’, is a simple and safe method for confirming transplacental communications and aids in the diagnosis of twin-twin transfusion syndrome.
AB - The diagnosis ot twin-twin transfusion syndrome remains a problem. Intravascular infusion of pancuronium bromide, a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent, for the smaller of a set of twins demonstrated paralysis of both twins in one case. However, in a second case, paralysis was shown only in the smaller twin who demonstrated no transplacental vascular communications postnatally. We suggest that infusion of pancuronium bromide, ‘pancuronium test’, is a simple and safe method for confirming transplacental communications and aids in the diagnosis of twin-twin transfusion syndrome.
KW - Fetal heart rate tracing
KW - Intravascular infusion
KW - Pancuronium bromide
KW - Prenatal diagnosis
KW - Syndrome
KW - Twin-twin transfusion
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U2 - 10.1159/000263648
DO - 10.1159/000263648
M3 - Article
C2 - 1610501
AN - SCOPUS:0026518924
SN - 1015-3837
VL - 7
SP - 36
EP - 40
JO - Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
JF - Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
IS - 1
ER -
