Prolonged sedation and airway complications after administration of an inadvertent ketamine overdose in emergency department

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-94

  Capapé, Susana ^a   Mora, Elena ^a   Mintegui, Santiago ^a   García, Silvia ^a   Santiago, Mikel ^a   Benito, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airway complications; Emergency department; Ketamine; Overdose; Sedation

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; KETAMINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG OVERDOSE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; OXYGEN MASK; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE RATE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEDATION; VERBALIZATION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INTOXICATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICATION ERROR; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KETAMINE; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; OVERDOSE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 45549084810     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3280b17ecb     Document Type: Article

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