Study found similar in-hospital death rates with ketamine and etomidate for intubation in critically ill adults, suggesting anesthesia choice may not impact mortality outcomes.
Among critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation, the use of ketamine to induce anesthesia did not result in a significantly lower incidence of in-hospital death by day 28 than etomidate. (Funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and others; RSI ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT05277896.).
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