Ketamine increases opening cerebrospinal pressure in children undergoing lumbar puncture

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 441-443

  Ben Yehuda, Yoram ^a,b   Watemberg, Nathan ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETAMINE; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDAZOLAM; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 33746087645     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7010.2006.00097     Document Type: Article

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