Whether video laryngoscopy as compared with direct laryngoscopy increases the likelihood of successful tracheal intubation on the first attempt among critically ill adults is uncertain. In a ...

Etomidate, the most common anesthesia induction agent for emergency tracheal intubation, causes adrenal suppression and can lead to corticosteroid insufficiency. In a large trial, in-hospital death ...

For critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation, observational studies suggest that the use of etomidate to induce anesthesia may increase the risk of death. Whether the use of ketamine ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A multicenter, randomized trial is planned to assess ketamine vs. etomidate in patients requiring intubation.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with delayed vs. early intubation had worse hospital mortality, ICU mortality and death within 90 days.

For tracheal intubation anesthesia in critically ill patients, ketamine didn't improve survival compared with etomidate, a pragmatic clinical trial showed. In-hospital death by day 28 occurred in 28.1 ...