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Pseudocholinesterase deficiency

Pseudocholinesterase deficiency is an inherited blood plasma enzyme abnormality. more...

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People who have this abnormality may be sensitive to certain anesthetic drugs, including the muscle relaxants succinylcholine and mivacurium as well as other ester local anesthetics (Maiorana & Roach, 2003). These drugs are normally metabolized by the pseudocholinesterase enzyme. When anesthetists administer standard doses of these drugs to a person with pseudocholinesterase deficiency, the patient experiences prolonged paralysis of his respiratory muscles, requiring an extended period of time during which the patient must be mechanically ventilated. Eventually the muscle-paralyzing effects of these drugs will wear off despite the deficiency of the pseudocholinesterase enzyme. If the patient is maintained on a mechanical respirator until normal breathing function returns, there is little risk of harm to the patient. This enzyme abnormality is a benign condition unless a person with pseudocholinesterase deficiency is exposed to the offending pharmacological agents (Alexander, 2002).

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