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

Introduction: 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 withi...

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Main Authors: Hanjie Mo, Matthew J. Campbell, Baruch S. Fertel, Simon W. Lam, Elizabeth J. Wells, Elizabeth Casserly, Stephen W. Meldon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2020-01-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6853k0hc