BACKGROUND: Ketamine is routinely used within the context of combat casualty care.
Despite early concerns that ketamine administration may be associated with elevated risk of …

Background: Predisposing factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) include
experiencing a traumatic event, threat of injury or death, and untreated pain. Ketamine, an …

The objective of this study was to explore whether ketamine prevents or exacerbates acute
or post‐traumatic stress disorders in military trauma patients. We conducted a retrospective …

Aim: Patients with severe burns typically undergo multiple surgeries, and ketamine is often
used as part of the multimodal anesthetic regimen during such surgeries. The anesthetic …

Background Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious stress-related disorder
caused by traumatic experiences. However, identifying a key therapy that can be used for …

To the Editor: In the February 15, 2012 edition of Biological Psychiatry, Kishimoto and
colleagues reported that ifenprodil (1), an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist …

Rationale Ketamine, an N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist, produces transient
dissociative and psychotic states in healthy humans that resemble symptoms shown by …

Introduction Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic increasingly used in the prehospital and
battlefield environment. As an analgesic, it has been shown to have comparable effects to …

Introduction Ketamine is an alternative to opioids for prehospital analgesia following serious
combat injury. Limited research has examined prehospital ketamine use, associated injuries …

Background: Ketamine has been used in anesthesia, pain management, and major
depressive disorder. It has recently been studied in patients with post-traumatic stress …