Ketamine in adult cardiac surgery and the cardiac surgery Intensive Care Unit: An evidence-based clinical review
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Ketamine in adult cardiac surgery and the cardiac surgery Intensive Care Unit: An evidence-based clinical review
Ketamine is a unique anesthetic drug that provides analgesia, hypnosis, and amnesia with minimal respiratory and cardiovascular depression. Because of its sympathomimetic properties it would seem to be an excellent choice for patients with depressed ventricular function in cardiac surgery. However, its use has not gained widespread acceptance in adult cardiac surgery patients, perhaps due to it...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0971-9784
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9784.154478