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Ketamine: Recent Evidence and Current Uses

Dr Alistair Gales1†, Dr Stuart Maxwell2

1Clinical Fellow, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
2Anaesthetic Trainee, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

Edited by: Dr William English, Consultant Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesia,
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

†Corresponding author email: Alistair.gales@nhs.net

Published 12 June 2018

Abstract

A review of the evidence and utility of ketamine. This includes discussion of its role as an anaesthetic and analgesic drug for use in the pre-hospital environment, emergency department, operating theatre and critical care unit.

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