Paralytic Agents for Intubation in the Out-of-Hospital Setting

To the Editor Dr Guihard and colleagues investigated 1248 patients requiring out-of-hospital rapid sequence tracheal intubation in a multicenter, single-blind, noninferiority randomized clinical trial comparing 1.2 mg/kg of rocuronium with 1 mg/kg of succinylcholine. The authors stated that rocuronium, compared with succinylcholine, failed to demonstrate noninferiority with regard to first-attempt intubation success rate.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research