Single Dose of Etomidate and Adrenal Cortex

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

we aim to evaluate the effects of single dose of etomidate or use of steroid prior to etomidate during emergency intubation on hemodynamics and adrenal cortex.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Istanbul University
• Treatments: Etomidate; Methylprednisolone; Methylprednisolone Acetate; Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; Midazolam; Prednisolone; Prednisolone acetate; Prednisolone hemisuccinate; Prednisolone phosphate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients between 25-65 years old with American Society of Anesthesiology scores III or IV that have applied to emergency department and receives an indication for intubation by the intensive care unit physicians will be included to the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients using steroid prior to the intubation and/or patients with chronical inflammatory diseases will be excluded from the study.