Low‐dose ketamine affects blood pressure, but not muscle sympathetic nerve activity, during progressive central hypovolemia without altering tolerance

M Huang, JC Watso, G Moralez… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Key points Haemorrhage is the leading cause of battlefield and civilian trauma deaths.
Given that a haemorrhagic injury on the battlefield is almost always associated with pain, it is …

Comparing the effects of low-dose ketamine, fentanyl, and morphine on hemorrhagic tolerance and analgesia in humans

JC Watso, M Huang, JM Hendrix… - Prehospital …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Hemorrhage is a leading cause of preventable battlefield and civilian trauma deaths.
Ketamine, fentanyl, and morphine are recommended analgesics for use in the prehospital …

Low dose ketamine reduces pain perception and blood pressure, but not muscle sympathetic nerve activity, responses during a cold pressor test

JC Watso, M Huang, G Moralez… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Key points Low dose ketamine is a leading medication used to provide analgesia in pre‐
hospital and hospital settings. Low dose ketamine is increasingly used off‐label to treat …

Fentanyl impairs but ketamine preserves the microcirculatory response to hemorrhage

L Xiang, AS Calderon, HG Klemcke… - Journal of Trauma …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Peripheral vasoconstriction is the most critical compensating mechanism
following hemorrhage to maintain blood pressure. On the battlefield, ketamine rather than …

Effects of ketamine analgesia on cardiorespiratory responses and survival to trauma and hemorrhage in rats

HG Klemcke, ML Calderon… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Ketamine is the recommended analgesic on the battlefield for soldiers with hemorrhage,
despite a lack of supportive evidence from laboratory or clinical studies. Hence, this study …

Racemic ketamine decreases muscle sympathetic activity but maintains the neural response to hypotensive challenges in humans

P Kienbaum, T Heuter, MC Michel… - The Journal of the …, 2000 - pubs.asahq.org
Background Cardiovascular stimulation and increased catecholamine plasma
concentrations during ketamine anesthesia have been attributed to increased central …

Low-dose fentanyl does not alter muscle sympathetic nerve activity, blood pressure, or tolerance during progressive central hypovolemia

M Huang, JC Watso, LN Belval… - American Journal …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Hemorrhage is a leading cause of battlefield and civilian trauma deaths. Several pain
medications, including fentanyl, are recommended for use in the prehospital (ie, field setting) …

Sympathetic nervous system sensitivity to hemorrhagic hypotension in the subhuman primate

B CHERNOW, CR LAKE, M BARTON… - Journal of Trauma …, 1984 - journals.lww.com
The endogenous catecholamine response to hemorrhagic hypotension is poorly defined
since most data have been derived from experiments in lower animal species. To clarify this …

S  (+)-Ketamine Increases Muscle Sympathetic Activity and Maintains the Neural Response to Hypotensive Challenges in Humans

P Kienbaum, T Heuter, G Pavlakovic… - The Journal of the …, 2001 - pubs.asahq.org
Background S (+)-Ketamine is reported to exert twofold greater analgesic and hypnotic
effects but a shorter recovery time in comparison with racemic ketamine, indicating possible …

Low-dose morphine reduces tolerance to central hypovolemia in healthy adults without affecting muscle sympathetic outflow

JC Watso, LN Belval, FA Cimino 3rd… - American Journal …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Hemorrhage is a leading cause of preventable battlefield and civilian trauma deaths. Low-
dose (ie, an analgesic dose) morphine is recommended for use in the prehospital (ie, field) …