Surgery – PICO #2

Brief description of patient problem/setting (summarize the case very briefly) While watching an anesthesiologist induce a patient to become intubated for their laparoscopic appendectomy, the anesthesiologist mentions she is using propofol. You remember the last anesthesiologist used etomidate. You know that both anesthetics have different indications for them, and wonder if both can be used together to optimize both drugs synergistically during intubation. Search Question: Clearly state the question (including outcomes or criteria to be tracked) Does the combination of propofol and etomidate incite more hemodynamic stability for patients being induced for surgery versus propofol or etomidate alone? Question Type: …

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