Ketamine vs etomidate

Today we are going to briefly discus the main difference between ketamine and etomidate which are here as under;

Ketmaine	Etomidate
It increases the CBF	It decreases the CBF
Increases the cerebral perfusion pressure (cpp)	Decreases the cerebral perfusion pressure (cpp)
Increases the ICP	Decreases the ICP
Increases cmro2 (cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen)	Decreases cmro2  (cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen)
increases the arterial blood pressure	Decreases the arterial blood pressure
Causes salivation but also It causes bronchodilation	It have less respiratory depressive effects
It causes increased vasodilation	It causes decrease vasodilation
Unsuitable for out patients	Suitable for out patients

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