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 …

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 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 …

S (+)-ketamine effect on experimental pain and cardiac output: a population pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modeling study in healthy volunteers

M Sigtermans, A Dahan, R Mooren… - The Journal of the …, 2009 - pubs.asahq.org
Background Low-dose ketamine behaves as an analgesic in the treatment of acute and
chronic pain. To further understand ketamine's therapeutic profile, the authors performed a …

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 …

The dose-dependent effect of S (+)-ketamine on cardiac output in healthy volunteers and complex regional pain syndrome type 1 chronic pain patients

E Olofsen, M Sigtermans, I Noppers… - Anesthesia & …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Ketamine is used as an analgesic for treatment of acute and chronic pain.
While ketamine has a stimulatory effect on the cardiovascular system, little is known about …

An update on the basic and clinical science of ketamine analgesia

LV Doan, J Wang - The Clinical journal of pain, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective: In the context of the current opioid epidemic, there has been a renewed interest in
the use of ketamine as an analgesic agent. Methods: We reviewed ketamine analgesia …

Factors influencing the cardiovascular response to subanesthetic ketamine: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial

T Liebe, S Li, A Lord, L Colic, AL Krause… - International Journal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background The increasing use of ketamine as a potential rapid-onset antidepressant
necessitates a better understanding of its effects on blood pressure and heart rate, well …

Cognitive impairment after small-dose ketamine isomers in comparison to equianalgesic racemic ketamine in human volunteers

EG Pfenninger, ME Durieux… - The Journal of the …, 2002 - pubs.asahq.org
Background Ketamine is increasingly used in pain therapy but may impair brain functions.
Mood and cognitive capacities were compared after equianalgesic small-dose S (+)-, R (-) …

Assessment of low-dose iv ketamine infusions for adjunctive analgesia

S Kator, DJ Correll, JY Ou, R Levinson… - American Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Purpose The results of a study evaluating all patients treated with adjunctive low-dose
ketamine for analgesia over a three-year period are presented. Methods A retrospective …