Cardiac arrest following ketamine administration for rapid sequence intubation

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 375-379

  Dewhirst, Elisabeth ^a   Frazier, W Joshua ^b   Leder, Marc ^b   Fraser, Douglas D ^c   Tobias, Joseph D ^a,b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

airway management; endotracheal intubation; etomidate; ketamine; rapid sequence intubation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CEFOTAXIME; DOPAMINE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; IBUPROFEN; KETAMINE; NORADRENALIN; ROCURONIUM; THYROXINE; VANCOMYCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; RHINOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ETOMIDATE; KETAMINE; RAPID SEQUENCE INTUBATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETOMIDATE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; KETAMINE; MALE; OHIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84887745199     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066612448732     Document Type: Article

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