28. The therapeutic uses of NMJ blocking are as follows: To serve as an adjunct to general anesthetics during surgery, when reflex muscle movement could interfere with the surgical procedure or the delivery of gas anesthesia. To facilitate mechanical intubation by preventing resistance to passing the endotracheal tube and in situation in which patients “fight” or resist the respirator. To facilitate electroconvulsive therapy when intense skeletal muscle contractions as a result of electric shock could cause the patient broken bones or other injury.
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