The safety of etomidate for emergency rapid sequence intubation of pediatric patients

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 18-21

  Sokolove, Peter E ^a,b   Price, Daniel D ^c   Okada, Pamela ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Blood pressure; Emergency department; Etomidate; Intubation; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ETOMIDATE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 0033970194     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200002000-00005     Document Type: Article

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