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Ketamine : A Multipurpose Agent with Broad Based Therapeutic Uses in Psychiatry and Anaesthesia - A Review

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Ketamine's early popularity in general anaesthesia was due to its properties of analgesia, sedation and dissociative anaesthesia. Modern anaesthesia has evolved and newer agents have replaced ketamine and these are… Click to show full abstract

Ketamine's early popularity in general anaesthesia was due to its properties of analgesia, sedation and dissociative anaesthesia. Modern anaesthesia has evolved and newer agents have replaced ketamine and these are now used in everyday practice. Ketamine is used in pain management, procedural sedation, sedation in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and depression.

Keywords: multipurpose agent; therapeutic uses; ketamine multipurpose; agent broad; broad based; based therapeutic

Journal Title: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Year Published: 2021

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