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Ketamine is an option in children as the sole anesthetic for minor procedures or as an induction agent followed by neuromuscular blocker and tracheal intubation. [42] In particular, children with cyanotic heart disease and neuromuscular disorders are good candidates for ketamine anesthesia.
Without the ketamine treatments, Kirkpatrick informs the Kowalskis that Maya's prolonged severe pain could cause her death. Beata is finally able to call Maya under the strict supervision of Cathi Bedy, a Suncoast social worker. Jack researches Bedy on the Internet and finds out that she had previously been arrested for child abuse.
Ketamine was the second-most used illicit drug (behind ecstasy) in absconding Taiwanese adolescents as reported by a multi-city street outreach survey. [72] In a study comparing the reporting rates between web questionnaires and paper-and-pencil questionnaires, ketamine use was reported a higher rate in the web version. [ 73 ]
Ketamine is a hallucinogen that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration as an anesthetic for surgery decades ago, but it’s also used illegally as a party drug.
Here, we explore ketamine therapy’s safety with Steven L. Mandel, M.D., co-founder of Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles and the founder of the nonprofit American Society of Ketamine Physicians ...
Ketamine has a negative perception for many for being abused as a party drug and even garnered the nickname "Special K." However, psychiatrists have said that ketamine can be a life-changing ...
Certain substances, including ketamine, may be injected intramuscularly for recreational purposes. [4] Disadvantages of intramuscular administration include skill and technique required, pain from injection, anxiety or fear (especially in children), and difficulty in self-administration which limits its use in outpatient medicine. [5]
“Ketamine overdose by itself is exceedingly rare,” said Dr. Siddarth Puri, associate medical director of prevention for the Substance Abuse Prevention and Control division at L.A. County’s ...