A trial of etomidate for rapid sequence intubation in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-16

  Smith, Daniel C ^a   Bergen, Joseph M ^a   Smithline, Howard ^a   Kirschner, Ronald ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Etomidate; Induction agents; Intubation; Rapid sequence intubation

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; SUXAMETHONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETOMIDATE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033985328     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00154-7     Document Type: Article

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