The Emerging Use of Ketamine for Anesthesia and Sedation in Traumatic Brain Injuries

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 390-395

  Chang, Lee C ^a   Raty, Sally R ^a   Ortiz, Jaime ^a   Bailard, Neil S ^a   Mathew, Sanjay J ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural neurology; Neuromuscular disease; Neuropsychopharmacology; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; SUFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ANESTHESIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CRANIOTOMY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEPOLARIZATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXCITOTOXICITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; META ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEDATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; BRAIN INJURIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KETAMINE;

EID: 84878153905     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cns.12077     Document Type: Review

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