An Expiration Date for Etomidate?

Michael C Sklar^{1

2

3}, Duminda N Wijeysundera^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia St. Michael's Hospital Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Editorial

Michael C Sklar et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024.

. 2024 Nov 15;210(10):1178-1180.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202409-1743ED.

Michael C Sklar^{1

2

3}, Duminda N Wijeysundera^{1

3}

¹ Department of Anesthesia St. Michael's Hospital Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Comment on

Evaluation of Etomidate Use and Association with Mortality Compared with Ketamine among Critically Ill Patients.
Wunsch H, Bosch NA, Law AC, Vail EA, Hua M, Shen BH, Lindenauer PK, Juurlink DN, Walkey AJ, Gershengorn HB. Wunsch H, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Nov 15;210(10):1243-1251. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202404-0813OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024. PMID: 39173173

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