Comparison of etomidate and propofol for fibreoptic intubation as part of an airway management algorithm: A prospective, randomized, double-blind study

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 762-767

  Schaeuble, J ^a   Heidegger, T ^a   Gerig, H J ^a   Ulrich, B ^a   Schnider, T W ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Algorithms, difficult airway management; Anaesthetics, intravenous, etomidate, propofol; Intubation, difficult; Laryngoscopy, fibreoptic

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; EPHEDRINE; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; PROPOFOL; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; BREATHING; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; TECHNIQUE; TIME; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; COCAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ETOMIDATE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 25844513618     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021505001262     Document Type: Article

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