Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault Presentation Varies
Your first patient of the morning is a 19-year-old college student. Her roommate talked her into coming…
Ketamine
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Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault Presentation Varies
Your first patient of the morning is a 19-year-old college student. Her roommate talked her into coming... -
Evidence Mounts Backing Rescue Ketamine for Prehospital Status Epilepticus
For more than seven years, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue in Palm Beach County, Fla., has been... -
Which Sedatives Are Best for Managing Severe Agitation in the Emergency Department?
Patients with severe agitation are frequently encountered in the emergency department (ED) setting. The first steps in...
Evidence Mounts Backing Rescue Ketamine for Prehospital Status Epilepticus
For more than seven years, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue in Palm Beach County, Fla., has been…
Which Sedatives Are Best for Managing Severe Agitation in the Emergency Department?
Patients with severe agitation are frequently encountered in the emergency department (ED) setting. The first steps in…
Fentanyl Versus Ketamine for Intranasal Pain Relief
The Case An 8-year-old boy presents to the emergency department with a painful wrist injury after falling…
Low-Dose Ketamine Emerges as Effective Opioid Alternative
Amid a national opioid epidemic, there is a search for other effective analgesics in the emergency department,…
Psychiatrists Issue Statement on Ketamine for Mood Disorders
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – With increasing off-label use of ketamine in patients with severe depression and…
Traumacology Tips
LAS VEGAS–As the only pharmacologist to speak at this year’s ACEP conference, Bryan D. Hayes, PharmD, DABAT,…
Ketamine to be Tested as Treatment for Alcoholics
British scientists are recruiting volunteers to test whether ketamine, also known as the party drug “Special K,”…
Ketamine Effective for Agitated, Aggressive Emergency Department Patients
Ketamine may be a safe and effective agent to sedate agitated and aggressive emergency department patients who…