Update: Does Rocuronium Create Better Intubating Conditions Than Succinylcholine for Rapid Sequence Intubation?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2017, Pages e55-e56

  Welch, Julie L ^a   Seupaul, Rawle A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENT;

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION;

ANDROSTANOLS; HUMANS; INTUBATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; SUCCINYLCHOLINE;

EID: 85006120486     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.09.001     Document Type: Editorial

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