Ketamine in Adult Emergency Medicine: Controversies and Recent Advances;Ketamina en la Emergencia Médica de Adultos: Controversias y Adelantos Recientes

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1525-1534

  Sih, Kendra ^a,b   Campbell, Samuel G ^c   Tallon, John M ^c,d   Magee, Kirk ^c   Zed, Peter J ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Intubation; Ketamine; Procedural sedation and analgesia

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

AGITATION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTUBATION; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURAL SEDATION AND ANALGESIA; RAPID SEQUENCE INTUBATION; SEDATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 83155182936     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1Q370     Document Type: Article

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