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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Ketamine Safety and Use in the Emergency Department for Pain and Agitation/Delirium: A Health System Experience.

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2020 Jan 27


West J Emerg Med


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31999250?dopt=Abstract


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Ketamine Safety and Use in the Emergency Department for Pain and Agitation/Delirium: A Health System Experience.

Authors

Ketamine Safety and Use in the Emergency Department for Pain and Agitation/Delirium: A Health System Experience.
Mo H, Campbell MJ, Fertel BS, Lam SW, Wells EJ, Casserly E, Meldon SW
West J Emerg Med. 2020 Jan 27; 21(2):272-281.
PMID: 31999250.

Abstract

Two protocols were developed to guide the use of subdissociative dose ketamine (SDDK) for analgesia and dissociative sedation ketamine for severe agitation/excited delirium in the emergency department (ED). We sought to evaluate the safety of these protocols implemented in 18 EDs within a large health system.
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