| Autor: |
Ostwald P; Institute of Anaesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. ostwald@lrz.uni-muenchen.de, Doenicke AW |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Current opinion in anaesthesiology [Curr Opin Anaesthesiol] 1998 Aug; Vol. 11 (4), pp. 391-8. |
| DOI: |
10.1097/00001503-199808000-00003 |
| Abstrakt: |
The major advantage of etomidate is its lack of cardiovascular side effects. In addition, etomidate is supposed to be neuroprotective. The side effects of etomidate include adrenal suppression and myocloni. A review of the recent literature on etomidate, its clinical use, its side effects and its mechanism of action was performed. Among others, major recent advances include a new drug preparation devoid of propylene glycol and its side effects, a new pretreatment technique that may reduce the incidence of myocloni, and the identification of its site of action in the central nervous system. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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