Ketamine for adult patients who have suffered painful and traumatic injuries a review of clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, safety, and guidelines

This report will review the evidence surrounding the clinical effectiveness, safety, and cost-effectiveness of ketamine and guidelines for its use in adult patients who have suffered painful and traumatic brain or eye injury. This report will also review the evidence around the optimal dose of ketam...

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Corporate Author: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ottawa (ON) Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health 2014, 6 March 2014
Series:Rapid response report: summary with critical appraisal
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This report will review the evidence surrounding the clinical effectiveness, safety, and cost-effectiveness of ketamine and guidelines for its use in adult patients who have suffered painful and traumatic brain or eye injury. This report will also review the evidence around the optimal dose of ketamine and its safety in adults with moderate to severe pain from traumatic injury who are conscious, and the comparative safety of ketamine against fentanyl and morphine in this population
Item Description:Title from PDF caption title. - "CADTH Rapid Response Service."
Physical Description:1 PDF file (10 pages) illustrations