Etomidate in Emergency Medicine
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Retrospective analysis of etomidate versus ketamine for first-pass intubation success in an academic emergency department.
OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to compare first-pass intubation success between patients who received etomidate versus ketamine for rapid sequence intubation (RSI) in the emergency department (ED). METHODS This was a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data recorded in a quality improvement database between July 1, 2007, and December 31, 2012. The study was conducted...
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