Propofol causes more hypotension than etomidate in patients with severe aortic stenosis: A double-blind, randomized study comparing propofol and etomidate

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 284-289

  Bendel, Stepani ^a,b   Ruokonen, E ^a   Polonen P ^a   Uusaro, A ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Aortic valve stenosis; Etomidate; Propofol

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; HYDROCORTISONE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTENSION; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETOMIDATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPOFOL;

EID: 33847076842     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01206.x     Document Type: Article

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