Midazolam is more likely to cause hypotension than etomidate in emergency department rapid sequence intubation

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 700-702

  Choi, Y F ^a   Wong, T W ^a   Lau, C C ^a  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; SUXAMETHONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOSE RESPONSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETOMIDATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 8644281928     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2002.004143     Document Type: Article

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