Ketamine sedation in the intensive care unit: a survey of Canadian intensivists.

Sameer SharifLaveena MunshiLisa BurrySangeeta MehtaSara GrayDipayan ChaudhuriMark DuffettReed A SiemieniukBram Rochwerg

Published in: Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie (2023)

This survey of Canadian intensivists illustrates that use of ketamine as a continuous infusion for sedation is limited, and is at least partly driven by concerns of adverse psychotropic effects. Canadian physicians endorse the need for a trial investigating the safety and efficacy of ketamine as a sedative for critically ill patients.

Keyphrases

pain management
primary care
mechanical ventilation
study protocol
low dose
phase iii
cross sectional
emergency department
chronic pain
open label