Ketamine Sequelae

Lilburn, J.K.; Dundee, J. W.; Nair, Shrijit; Fee, J. P. H.; Johnston, H.M.L.

doi:10.1097/00132586-197904000-00032

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“…This study confirms the safety and efficacy of ketamine anaesthesia as previously shown in both children and adults 2–14 . In this series of 920 patients there were no deaths and only two potentially life threatening adverse events (seizure, laryngospasm).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Firstly, the dose of diazepam was fixed at 5mg and given at the same time as the ketamine. This dose is well below that used in other series (0.15–0.2mg/kg) that have demonstrated the efficacy of diazepam in reducing emergence phenomena 10,16–20 . The beneficial effect of diazepam has been shown to be the greatest when it is given at the end of the procedure 16 .…”

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confidence: 76%

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Ketamine anaesthesia in Papua New Guinea

Roberts

Dent

1996

Emergency Medicine

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This study examines the incidence and severity of adverse effects of ketamine anaesthesia used for short outpatient procedures in Papua New Guinea. Nine hundred and twenty consecutive ketamine anaesthetics were observed. Eighty‐two adverse events in 77 anaesthetics (8.4% of anaesthetics) were observed. Twelve anaesthetics (1.3%) were complicated by a severe adverse event. These were severe emergence phenomena (nine cases), seizure (one case) and pain necessitating abandonment of the procedure, which occurred twice with the same patient who also suffered laryngospasm during one of these anaesthetics. There were no deaths. Young adult male patients with painful or prolonged procedures had the highest frequency of hallucinatory adverse effects. This study confirms the safety and efficacy of ketamine anaesthesia.

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confidence: 89%

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confidence: 76%