Ketamine for procedural sedation and analgesia by nonanesthesiologists in the field: a review for military health care providers.

Autor: Guldner GT; Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Ireland Army Community Hospital, Fort Knox, KY 40121-5520, USA., Petinaux B, Clemens P, Foster S, Antoine S
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Military medicine [Mil Med] 2006 Jun; Vol. 171 (6), pp. 484-90.
DOI: 10.7205/milmed.171.6.484
Abstrakt: Military health care providers located in field environments frequently face situations in which procedural sedation and analgesia are necessary, without the advantage of sophisticated monitoring equipment. Ketamine is a unique agent that can be administered either intravenously or intramuscularly to produce predictable and profound analgesia, with an exceptional safety profile. We review the issues unique to ketamine and provide a practical guide for the use of ketamine for adult and pediatric patients in a field environment.
Databáze: MEDLINE