Ketamine Infusion for Sedation and Analgesia during Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU: A Multicenter Evaluation.

Kathryn M PendletonLaurel E StephensonNick GoedenAnna R BensonQi WangSalman B MahmoodKelly A ConsidineMatthew E Prekker

Published in: Critical care research and practice (2022)

In this multicenter cohort of critically ill, mechanically ventilated adults, ketamine infusion was primarily used as an adjunct to conventional sedative and opioid infusions, with noticeable but unintended effects potentially related to ketamine in nearly one-quarter of cases.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
pain management
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
chronic pain
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
low dose
respiratory failure
cross sectional
double blind
clinical trial
postoperative pain