Severe bradycardia in a patient with myasthenia gravis during transurethral ureterolithotripsic procedure under spinal anaesthesia From: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care | Date: June 1, 2002| Author: Furuya, H; Shiomi, T; Inou, S | Copyright Australian Society of Anaesthetists Jun 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease characterized by weakness and fatigue of the voluntary muscles due to the presence of acetylcholine receptor antibodies1. Therapy with anticholinesterase drugs, which provides an increase in acetylcholine, are usually used for symptomatic therapy although they may produce myasthenic and cholinergic crises2,3. Spinal anaesthesia is usually chosen as an anaesthetic technique for endoscopic urological surgical procedures for patients with or withou...

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