The development of ventricular fibrillation due to etomidate for anesthetic induction: a very rare side effect, case report
Desenvolvimento de fibrilação ventricular por causa de etomidato para indução anestésica: um efeito colateral muito raro, relato de caso
Murat Karcioglu; Isil Davarci; Nuray Kirecci; Adnan Burak Akcay; Selim Turhanoglu; Kasim Tuzcu; Sedat Hakimoglu; Seckin Akkucuk; Akin Aydogan
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