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Should emergency physicians use etomidate for rapid sequence intubation?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2015

Carolyn Kelly-Smith and
Corinne Hohl
Carolyn Kelly-Smith*
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Corinne Hohl
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, and Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
*
Emergency Department, Vancouver General Hospital, 855 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9; carolyn.kellysmith@gmail.com

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Keywords

adrenal suppressionetomidateintubationketaminemortalitysepsis

Information

Type
Knowledge to Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 2011, pp. 44 - 47
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2011

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