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Anticholinergic<br />

Anticholinergic drugs include atropine and glycopyrrolate. Anticholinergic agents act as acetylcholine<br />

receptor blockers at the muscarinic (not nicotinic) acetylcholine receptors. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

have an anti-parasympathetic effect.<br />

In anesthesia practice, anticholinergic agents are most commonly used as an accompaniment<br />

to anticholinesterase (reversal) agents. Without the addition of an anticholinergic, the reversal<br />

of NDMR might result in excessive muscarinic effect or at the extreme, a cholinergic crisis.<br />

Anticholinergic agents are also used as anitsialagogues for awake intubation.<br />

Finally, anticholinergic agents play an important role in the treatment of clinically important<br />

bradycardias.<br />

Related Glossary Terms<br />

Acetylcholine, Anticholinesterase, Antisialagogue, Atropine, Autonomic nervous system, Glycopyrrolate,<br />

Muscarinic, Neostigmine, Neuromuscular junction, Nicotinic, Vagus nerve<br />

Index<br />

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Chapter 3 - General <strong>Anesthesia</strong><br />

Chapter 5 - Pediatric <strong>Anesthesia</strong><br />

Chapter 6 - Anticholinesterase and Anticholinergics<br />

Chapter 6 - Anticholinesterase and Anticholinergics<br />

Chapter 6 - Anticholinesterase and Anticholinergics<br />

Chapter 6 - Antiemetics<br />

Chapter 6 - Antiemetics<br />

Chapter 6 - Miscellaneous

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