Induction drug and outcome of patients admitted to the intensive care unit after emergency laparotomy

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 481-485

  Ray, David C ^a   Hay, Alasdair W ^a   McKeown, Dermot W ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; Emergency laparotomy; Emergency surgery; Intravenous anaesthetic; Outcome assessment; Patient

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; STEROID; THIOPENTAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; DYING; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STEROID THERAPY;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; EMERGENCIES; ETOMIDATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KETAMINE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PROPOFOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THIOPENTAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953783796     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e3283333a61     Document Type: Article

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