Open AccessAnesthetic Induction with Etomidate, Rather than Propofol, Is Associated with Increased 30-Day Mortality and Cardiovascular Morbidity After Noncardiac Surgery
Author(s) -
Ryu Komatsu,
Jing You,
Edward J. Mascha,
Daniel I. Sessler,
Yusuke Kasuya,
Alparslan Turan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e318299a516
Subject(s) - medicine , etomidate , propofol , anesthesia , anesthetic , surgery
Because etomidate impairs adrenal function and blunts the cortisol release associated with surgical stimulus, we hypothesized that patients induced with etomidate suffer greater mortality and morbidity than comparable patients induced with propofol.
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