Laryngospasm and hypoxia after intramuscular administration of ketamine to a patient in excited delirium

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 412-414

  Burnett, Aaron M ^a   Watters, Benjamin J ^a   Barringer, Kelly W ^a   Griffith, Kent R ^a   Frascone, Ralph J ^a  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Excited delirium; Ketamine; Laryngospasm; Psychiatric emergency

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DELIRIUM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARYNX SPASM; MALE;

ANOXIA; DELIRIUM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KETAMINE; LARYNGISMUS; MALE;

EID: 84861525359     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2011.640766     Document Type: Conference Paper

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