Infectious Complications after Etomidate vs. Propofol for Induction of General Anesthesia in Cardiac Surgery-Results of a Retrospective, before-after Study.

J Clin Med · 2021 · PMC8269440 · PMID 34209919

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barely missed significancep = 0.052so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Despite the barely missed significance in our study ( p = 0.052), there was a notable trend towards a higher sepsis rate.

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

A recently published retrospective cohort study comparing etomidate with propofol found a trend towards a higher rate of infection in the etomidate group, which did not reach statistical significance [ 18 ].

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a notable trendno p-value reported

However, there is a notable trend towards a higher sepsis rate.

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