"Etomidate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Imidazole derivative anesthetic and hypnotic with little effect on blood gases, ventilation, or the cardiovascular system. It has been proposed as an induction anesthetic.
| Descriptor ID |
D005045
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.129.308.265
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Etomidate" by people in Profiles.
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Effects of combined brief etomidate anesthesia and postnatal stress on amygdala expression of Cl- cotransporters and corticotropin-releasing hormone and alcohol intake in adult rats. Neurosci Lett. 2018 10 15; 685:83-89.
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Role of environmental stressors in determining the developmental outcome of neonatal anesthesia. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2017 Jul; 81:96-104.
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Interaction of anesthetics with neurotransmitter release machinery proteins. J Neurophysiol. 2013 Feb; 109(3):758-67.
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Etomidate and propofol inhibit the neurotransmitter release machinery at different sites. J Physiol. 2011 Mar 01; 589(Pt 5):1103-15.
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Etomidate, sepsis, and adrenal function: not as bad as we thought? Crit Care. 2007; 11(3):145.
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Excitatory and inhibitory actions of isoflurane in bovine chromaffin cells. J Neurophysiol. 2006 Dec; 96(6):3042-50.
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Glucocorticoid effects on the inflammatory and clinical responses to cardiac surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2002 Apr; 16(2):163-9.
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Comparison of the ventilatory effects of etomidate and methohexital. Anesthesiology. 1985 Apr; 62(4):442-7.