Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Acad Emerg Med
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Comparative Study
Retrospective Analysis of Etomidate Versus Ketamine for First-pass Intubation Success in an Academic Emergency Department.
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). ⋯ Etomidate and ketamine are associated with equivalent first-pass success when used in RSI. Ketamine may be an appropriate alternative to etomidate for RSI in the ED.