ETOMIDATE

Course overview

ETOMIDATE IS AN ULTRASHORT-ACTING, NON-BARBITURATE HYPNOTIC INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT. IT IS ADMINISTERED ONLY BY INTRAVENOUS ROUTE. ETOMIDATE HAS A VERY FAVORABLE HEMODYNAMIC PROFILE ON INDUCTION, WITH A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF BLOOD PRESSURE DEPRESSION, MAKING IT AN IDEAL CHOICE FOR SHOCK TRAUMA, HYPOVOLEMIC PATIENTS, OR PATIENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. ETOMIDATE HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR USE DURING INDUCTION OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA AND RAPID SEQUENCE INTUBATION, AS WELL AS OTHER INDICATIONS WHERE SHORT-TERM ANESTHESIA IS WARRANTED. THIS ACTIVITY OUTLINES THE INDICATIONS, MECHANISM OF ACTION, METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION, IMPORTANT ADVERSE EFFECTS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, MONITORING, AND TOXICITY OF ETOMIDATE SO THAT PROVIDERS CAN USE IT APPROPRIATELY.