Continuous ketamine infusion for the treatment of refractory asthma in a mechanically ventilated infant: case report and review of the pediatric literature

Pediatr Emerg Care. 1996 Aug;12(4):294-7. doi: 10.1097/00006565-199608000-00015.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anesthetics, Dissociative / administration & dosage*
  • Anesthetics, Dissociative / pharmacology
  • Asthma
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Ketamine / administration & dosage*
  • Ketamine / pharmacology
  • Respiration, Artificial*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / drug therapy*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology
  • Status Asthmaticus / complications
  • Status Asthmaticus / drug therapy
  • Status Asthmaticus / therapy*
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative
  • Ventilators, Mechanical

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Dissociative
  • Ketamine