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Pre-hospital emergent intubation in trauma patients: the influence of etomidate on mortality, morbidity and healthcare resource utilization

BACKGROUND: Due to its favorable hemodynamic characteristics and by providing good intubation conditions etomidate is often used for induction of general anesthesia in trauma patients. It has been linked to temporary adrenal cortical dysfunction. The clinical relevance of this finding after a single...

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Autores principales: Gäßler, Michael, Ruppert, Matthias, Lefering, Rolf, Bouillon, Bertil, Wafaisade, Arasch
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6555933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31174573
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-019-0637-z