The use of etomidate for rapid sequence induction in septic patients

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1684-1686

  Dettmer, Matthew R ^a   Phillip Dellinger, R ^a  

^a Cooper Medical School of Rowan University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Etomidate; Intubation; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE;

ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTUBATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RAPID SEQUENCE INDUCTION; SEPSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 84947441546     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.10.22     Document Type: Editorial

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