You need tube, me give one amp of etomidate and SUX

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 351-353

  Sivilotti, Marco L A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Etomidate; Intubation; Rapid Sequence intubation; RSI; Succinylcholine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ETOMIDATE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; STEROID; SUXAMETHONIUM; TETRACOSACTIDE; THIOPENTAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENCY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MYOCLONUS; NOTE; PARALYSIS; PROVOCATION TEST; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 33750274117     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500014056     Document Type: Note

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