A comparison of succinylcholine and rocuronium for rapid-sequence intubation of emergency department patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1362-1369

  Laurin, Erik G ^a   Sakles, John C ^b   Panacek, Edward A ^a   Rantapaa, Aaron A ^a   Redd, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuromuscular blocking agents; Rapid sequence intubation; Rocuronium; Succinylcholine; Tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INDICATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARALYSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SATISFACTION;

ANDROSTANOLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUCCINYLCHOLINE;

EID: 0033637085     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00493.x     Document Type: Article

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