Title: Ketamine, ICP and pediatric brain injury

Category: Trauma

Keywords: Brain injury, ketamine ICP (PubMed Search)

Posted: 11/12/2023 by Robert Flint, MD

This pediatric ICU study measured ICP during and after ketamine infusion. There was no increase in ICP associated with the ketamine infusion. This small study adds to the data that ketamine is safe in pediatric brain injured patients.

References

Acute Effects of Ketamine on Intracranial Pressure in Children With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury*

Laws, Jennifer C. MD¹; Vance, E. Haley DNP²; Betters, Kristina A. MD¹; Anderson, Jessica J. PharmD³; Fleishman, Sydney BA⁴; Bonfield, Christopher M. MD²; Wellons, John C. III MD, MSPH^2,5; Xu, Meng MS⁶; Slaughter, James C. DrPH⁶; Giuse, Dario A. Dr.Ing⁷; Patel, Neal MD, MPH^5,7; Jordan, Lori C. MD, PhD⁸; Wolf, Michael S. MD^1,2

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Critical Care Medicine 51(5):p 563-572, May 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005806