Ketamine is a phencyclidine (PCP) derivative, which primarily acts as a noncompetitive N-
methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist. Ketamine serves as an analgesic and a …

Early and effective pain control in trauma patients improves outcomes and limits disability,
but analgesia is often missed in the unstable patient, or hemodynamically depressing …

Ketamine is commonly used as an analgesic in emergency medicine and as an adjuvant
drug in the perioperative setting. In addition, it is used as a third-line adjuvant drug for opioid …

One of the most fascinating drugs in the anesthesiologist's armament is ketamine, an N-
methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist with a myriad of uses. The drug is a dissociative …

Ketamine was first synthesized in 1962, patented in Belgium in 1963, and approved for
human use by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1970. Unlike inhalation anaesthetics …

Background Ketamine may be used to manage pain and agitation that is refractory to what
are usually considered traditional agents such as fentanyl, propofol, benzodiazepines, and …

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic used increasingly as analgesia for different
manifestations of pain, including acute, chronic, cancer and perioperative pain as well as …

Ketamine is an anaesthetic drug with unique properties. Discovered in the 1960s, it is known
to produce a dissociative state with sedation, amnesia, and analgesia. It has relatively less …

Ketamine is a noncompetitive antagonist of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor. It has been
widely used in anesthesia and pain management. Ketamine has been administered via the …

Topic Ketamine is beneficial in clinical settings ranging from procedural sedation to the
treatment of chronic pain. This article describes the clinical benefits of ketamine for treatment …