Does the sedative agent facilitate emergency rapid sequence intubation?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 612-620

  Sivilotti, Marco L A ^a,b   Filbin, Michael R ^a   Murray, Heather E ^b   Slasor, Peter ^a   Walls, Ron M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Etomidate; Hypnotics and sedatives; Intratracheal intubation; Intravenous anesthetics; Rapid sequence intubation

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; DROPERIDOL; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; METHOHEXITAL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0038121045     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2003.tb00044.x     Document Type: Article

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