Rocuronium versus succinylcholine for rapid sequence induction intubation

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Tran, Diem T T ^a   Newton, Ethan K ^a   Mount, Victoria A H ^b   Lee, Jacques S ^c   Wells, George A ^d   Perry, Jeffrey J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MIVACURIUM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; BRONCHOSPASM; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ERYTHEMA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LARYNX SPASM; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID SEQUENCE INDUCTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANDROSTANOLS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PROPOFOL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUCCINYLCHOLINE;

EID: 84963801798     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002788.pub3     Document Type: Review

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