| pubmed-article:1233487 | pubmed:abstractText | The hemodynamic effects of Etomidate are examined during the introduction of a modificated NLA. The following parameters are registrated: Heart Rate, Arterial and Mean Arterial Pressure, Pulmonary and Mean Pulmonary Pressure, and Cardiac Output. The Total Periphere Resistance and the Tension-Time-Index are calculated. Apart from a short moment during and immediately after intubation a remarkable constancy of all parameters is found. The alpha-receptor-blocking effect of Etomidate and DHB and the resulting decrease of the Total-Periphere Resistance are compensated by infusion of a colloidsolution. Myoclonias are not observed. Etomidate may be regarded as a drug with few effects on the circulation. It may be thinkable, that by means of Etomidate even in shock a careful introduction is possible. | lld:pubmed |
