Key result
Etomidate anesthesia does not increase postoperative morbidity in older surgical patients compared with propofol.
Why the study?
Does etomidate anesthesia increase postoperative morbidity in older surgical patients compared with propofol?
Does etomidate anesthesia increase postoperative morbidity in older surgical patients compared with propofol?
This letter discusses findings that etomidate does not increase postoperative morbidity compared to propofol in older surgical patients.
To the Editor I read with interest the article by Lu et al,1 who found that etomidate anesthesia does not increase postoperative morbidity in older patients compared with propofol. Because their findings are important to current practice, several questions deserve attention.
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Fei Zhang (2023) studied this question. Etomidate anesthesia does not increase postoperative morbidity in older surgical patients compared with propofol.
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