Affiliations 

  • 1 N. Sivaneswaran, MBBS. Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital Besar, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • 2 K. Inbasegaran, FFARACS. Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital Besar, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1982 Dec;37(4):298-9.
PMID: 7167078

Abstract

Abnormal variants of plasma cholinesterase are a rarity in this region and to date there is only one reported case of suxamethonium sensitivity in a Malaysian population. We now report a case of a Malaysian Chinese patient who received suxamethonium, developed prolonged apnoea and on investigation found to be a homozygote for the silent gene. His family was screened for abnormal variants of plasma cholinesterase. The results are discussed.

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