Ketamine: Use in Anesthesia

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 381-389

  Marland, Susan ^a,i   Ellerton, John ^b   Andolfatto, Gary ^c,d   Strapazzon, Giacomo ^e   Thomassen, Oyvind ^f   Brandner, Brigitta ^g   Weatherall, Andrew ^a   Paal, Peter ^h  

^a CareFlight   (Australia)

^b Penrith Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d LIONS GATE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^f HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

ⁱ GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Anesthesia; Behavioral Neurology; Emergency Medical Services; Ketamine; Neuropsychopharmacology

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ETOMIDATE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; ONDANSETRON; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; DISASTER MEDICINE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EUROPE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INOTROPISM; INTUBATION; LARYNX SPASM; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PARALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SEDATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TONSILLECTOMY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; VOMITING; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; KETAMINE; PAIN;

EID: 84878154156     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cns.12072     Document Type: Review

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