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Comment
. 2014 Oct 10;18(5):560.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-014-0560-7.

Etomidate for anesthesia induction: friends or foe in major cardiac surgery?

Audrey De Jong, Samir Jaber
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Etomidate for anesthesia induction: friends or foe in major cardiac surgery?

Audrey De Jong et al. Crit Care. .

Abstract

Use of etomidate for anesthesia induction is still debated. In the previous issue of Critical Care, Heinrich and colleagues reported that etomidate for anesthesia induction had similar outcome in comparison with other drugs, in a specific population of 3,054 patients ahead of major cardiac surgery. For the authors, the similar outcomes for mortality and length of hospital stay add to the hemodynamic stability and the improved intubation conditions to support keeping etomidate in the emergency drugs armamentarium for induction of anesthesia in patients at risk of hemodynamic failure. This commentary reviews the results and implications of their study.

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