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Avoiding acute adrenal crises
Etomidate puts patients at risk of adrenal crisis
BMJ 2012; 345 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e7444 (Published 06 November 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;345:e7444
- Andrew J Hartle, consultant anaesthetist1,
- Philip H Peel, consultant anaesthetist 2
- 1St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London W2 6HP, UK
- 2Central Middlesex Hospital, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, London
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Wass and Arlt do not mention that certain anaesthetic techniques may increase patients’ risk of adrenal crisis.1
Because the carboxylated imidazole induction …