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Ketamine update

Cliff / December 27, 2010

Anaesthetist Dr Jan Persson from Stockholm has published an updated review of recent ketamine literature. The following interesting facts about […]

Cliff / October 28, 2010

Ketamine was used by clinical staff from the The Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) in Alberta to facilitate intubation […]

Cliff / September 9, 2010

A paper of great interest for those of us who spend a lot of time teaching the use of ketamine […]

Cliff / July 16, 2010

The College of Emergency Medicine (UK) has updated its guideline on ketamine sedation in children. The summary is copied below […]

Cliff / May 12, 2010

A literature review addresses the myth that ketamine is contraindicated in head injured patients. They summarise articles from the 1970’s […]

Cliff / March 10, 2010

There is a myth that increased muscular tone caused by ketamine leads to an increased failure rate of joint manipulations […]

Cliff / March 9, 2010

A poster presentation at the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine’s Annual Scientific Conference in Melbourne in November 2009 reports 100 […]

Cliff / February 13, 2010

Records of 4252 patients aged 0-19 who received ketamine were reviewed for documented adverse events. Patients were all American Society […]

Cliff / October 16, 2009

A prospective study of 746 children sedated in the emergency department with iv or im ketamine revealed 2.1% may have […]

Cliff / October 3, 2009

Ketamine lowered ICP in brain-injured kids Ventilated children between the ages of 1 and 16 with traumatic brain injury and […]