Is atropine needed with ketamine sedation? A prospective, randomised, double blind study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 206-209

  Heinz, Peter ^a   Geelhoed, G C ^b   Wee, C ^c   Pascoe, E M ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^c Joondalup Health Campus   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; KETAMINE; PLACEBO; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG TOLERANCE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INFANT; LARYNX SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; STRIDOR; VOMITING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MINOR SURGERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ATROPINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KETAMINE; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIALORRHEA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR;

EID: 33645579238     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.028969     Document Type: Article

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