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. 2020 Mar 5;14(2):244–248. doi: 10.4103/sja.SJA_721_19

Table 2.

Reports of failures of sugammadex in patients with myasthenia gravis

Reference Patient demographics Findings
Fernandes et al.[37] 27-year-old, 110 kg woman for laparoscopic cholecystectomy Failure of reversal of neuromuscular blockade with sugammadex (800 mg).
Garcia et al.[38] 35-year-old, 80 kg woman for cesarian section. Failure of reversal of neuromuscular blockade with sugammadex (200 mg).
Kiss et al.[39] 25-year-old woman for thymectomy. Persistently low train-of-four (TOF) ratio despite sugammadex (16 mg/kg).
Sugi et al.[40] 26-year-old woman for thymectomy. Sugammadex (total dose 4 mg/kg) failed to restore TOF to ≥0.55. Neostigmine (30 μg/kg) resulted in successful recovery of TOF.