Ketamine in prehospital analgesia and anaesthesia

Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Volumn 1, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 243-245

  Moy, R J ^a   Le Clerc, S ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head injury; Ketamine; Prehospital; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

AGITATION; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; BRAIN INJURY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HALLUCINATION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LARYNX SPASM; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 82855178741     PISSN: 22108440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tacc.2011.08.002     Document Type: Review

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