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We have reported a case of severe bronchospasm induced by succinylcholine in an eighteen-year-old patient devoid of asthmatic antecedents.
Our review of the literature on this subject leads us to conclude that such an occurrence is very infrequent in the practice of anaesthesia.
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Bele-Binda, N., Valeri, F. A case of bronchospasm induced by succinylcholine. Canad. Anaesth. Soc. J. 18, 116–117 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03025433
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