A comparison of the effects of etomidate and midazolam on hospital length of stay in patients with suspected sepsis: A prospective, randomized study

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 481-489

  Tekwani, Karis L ^a   Watts, Hannah F ^a   Sweis, Rolla T ^a   Rzechula, Kathleen H ^a   Kulstad, Erik B ^a  

^a ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SEPSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETOMIDATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049455146     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.05.034     Document Type: Article

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