Ketamine is regaining popularity in the field of anesthesia and beyond. New studies provide
insight on the many indications and use that anesthesia providers may encounter during …

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Ketamine (Ket) was developed in 1962 as a less hallucinogenic and shorter acting agent
than phencyclidine. It was given to humans for the first time in 1964. However, Ket produces …

Ketamine is a phencyclidine derivative, which functions primarily as an antagonist of the N-
methyl-d-aspartate receptor. It has no affinity for gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors in the …

Ketamine's clinical use began in the 1970s. Physicians benefited from its safety and ability to
induce short-term anesthesia and analgesia. The psychodysleptic effects caused by the …

The role of ketamine anesthesia in the prehospital, emergency department and operating
theater settings is not well defined. A nonsystematic review of ketamine was performed by …

In 1996, we published an editorial 'Ketamine, mechanism (s) of action and unusual clinical
uses' in the British Journal of Anaesthesia. 1 In that editorial, we described the …

K etamine has a special position among anesthetic drugs. It was introduced into clinical
practice> 30 yr ago with the hope that it would function as a “monoanesthetic” drug: inducing …

Ketamine is a drug that is commonly used for anesthesia and analgesia worldwide.
Although it has an excellent safety profile, cognitive and psychotomimetic adverse effects …

Ketamine was introduced into clinical practice in the 1960s and continues to be both
clinically useful and scientifically fascinating. With considerably diverse molecular targets …