Ketamine: A safe and effective agent for painful procedures in the pediatric burn patient

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-216

  Owens, Victoria F ^a   Palmieri, Tina L ^a   Comroe, Catherine M ^a   Conroy, Janice M ^a   Scavone, John A ^a   Greenhalgh, David G ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURN PATIENT; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICS; SEDATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; ADULT; BURN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETAMINE; MALE; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 33745399680     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000204310.67594.A1     Document Type: Article

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