Background Ketamine was developed in the 1960s as a safer and more predictable
anesthetic than its precursor phencyclidine (PCP). It is a unique agent in procedural …

Following the initial resuscitation of burn patients, the pain experienced may be divided into
a 'background'pain and a 'breakthrough'pain associated with painful procedures. While …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We evaluate the effectiveness and consider the safety of intravenous
ketamine/propofol combination (“ketofol”) in the same syringe for procedural sedation and …

Objectives: The authors sought to compare the safety and efficacy of subdissociative‐dose
ketamine versus fentanyl as adjunct analgesics for emergency department (ED) procedural …

Purpose Propofol and ketamine have become progressively popular in electroconvulsive
therapy (ECT) anesthesia, although propofol shortened seizure duration and ketamine might …

Background. Propofol is an intravenous anesthetic that is often used as an adjuvant during
monitored anesthesia care, the addition of ketamine to propofol may counteract the …

Background: Endoscopy provides valuable diagnostic information and intervention
therapies for gastroenterologists. Therefore, various drugs have been used to induce …

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of low-dose intravenous ketamine in addition
to intravenous propofol for procedural sedation and analgesia in the emergency department …

The combination of ketamine and propofol for procedural sedation and analgesia
theoretically may be beneficial, with the rationale being that using lower doses of each agent …

Background: Breast lumpectomy is an integral part of the treatment of mammary masses in
women. This study was conducted to evaluate and compare two-drug combinations of …