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Anesthetic drugs for rapid sequence intubation: ketamine, but what dose?

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  1. Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, AP-HP, Hôpital Lariboisière, 75010, Paris, France

    Romain Barthélémy, Alexandre Mebazaa & Benjamin Glenn Chousterman

  2. Université de Paris, Inserm, UMRS, 942 Mascot, 75006, Paris, France

    Alexandre Mebazaa & Benjamin Glenn Chousterman

  3. Réanimation Chirurgicale Polyvalente, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75475, Paris Cedex 10, France

    Romain Barthélémy

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Barthélémy, R., Mebazaa, A. & Chousterman, B.G. Anesthetic drugs for rapid sequence intubation: ketamine, but what dose?. Intensive Care Med 48, 632–633 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-022-06661-w

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