Rebel Cast

🧭 REBEL Rundown 📌 Key Points 💀 Mortality: No statistically significant difference in 28-day mortality between ketamine vs etomidate for intubation in critically ill patients, though there was a ~1% absolute difference favoring ketamine. 📉🫀⚠️ Hemodynamics: Ketamine induction was associated with more cardiovascular collapse, mainly driven by new/increased vasopressor use (dose escalation or addition of a vasoactive agent). 💉⬆️ Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast. 📝 Introduction Etomidate or ketamine? The debate over the ideal agent for emergency rapid sequence intubation (RSI) has raged for years with no cl