Ketamine: A safe and effective anesthetic agent for children in the developing world

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 370-373

  Meier, D E ^a   OlaOlorun, D A ^a   Nkor, S K ^b   Aasa, D ^b   Tarpley, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Baptist Medical Centre   (Nigeria)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Ketamine; Pediatric anesthesia; Pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; APNEA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE MASK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROTOMY; LARYNX SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SALIVATION; THORACOTOMY; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

EID: 0029989111     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00497815     Document Type: Article

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