Ketamine in adult cardiac surgery and the cardiac surgery Intensive Care Unit: An evidence-based clinical review

Ketamine is a unique anesthetic drug that provides analgesia, hypnosis, and amnesia with minimal respiratory and cardiovascular depression. Because of its sympathomimetic properties it would seem to be an excellent choice for patients with depressed ventricular function in cardiac surgery. However,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael Mazzeffi, Kyle Johnson, Christopher Paciullo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Subjects:
CPB
Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2015;volume=18;issue=2;spage=202;epage=209;aulast=Mazzeffi