Etomidate, a new short acting, intravenous hypnotic.
Etomidate can be recommended for short procedures combined with fentanyl and for the induction of neuroleptanesthesia. It has advantages in poor risk patients because it has only negligible effects on the heart and the peripheral circulation. It has to taken in consideration though, that etomidate has only hypnotic and no analgesic action.
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000187:drug effects; D004285:Dogs; D005045:Etomidate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D051379:Mice; D011817:Rabbits; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000601:surgery
D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D007093:Imidazoles; D005045:Etomidate