Oral ketamine for radiotherapy in children with cancer

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 263-266

  Shewale, S ^a   Saxena, Abha ^a   Trikha, Anjan ^a   Singh, Manorama ^a   Sharief, Abeda ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Oral ketamine; Radiotherapy; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ANEKET; KETAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBALT THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; VOMITING;

EID: 0034025444     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02758165     Document Type: Article

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