Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 105-113.e5, August 2010

The Effect of a Bolus Dose of Etomidate on Cortisol Levels, Mortality, and Health Services Utilization: A Systematic Review

  • Corinne M. Hohl, MD, FRCP(C), MHSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Corinne M. Hohl, MD, FRCP(C), MHSc, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, 855 West 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada; 604-875-4111 ext. 63467, fax 604-875-5506
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  • Carolyn H. Kelly-Smith, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Titus C. Yeung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • David D. Sweet, MD, FRCP(C)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Mary M. Doyle-Waters, MA, MLIS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Michael Schulzer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Received 21 October 2009; received in revised form 6 January 2010 and 21 January 2010; accepted 29 January 2010. published online 26 March 2010.

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 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. This work was supported by a grant from the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute In It for Life fund. During the study period, Dr. Corinne Hohl was supported by a Mentored Clinician Scientist award from the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.

 Supervising editor: Kathy J. Rinnert, MD, MPH

 Reprints not available from the authors.

 Publication date: Available online March 25, 2010.

PII: S0196-0644(10)00103-4

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.01.030

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 105-113.e5, August 2010

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