A Non-Comparative Prospective Pilot Study of Ketamine for Sedation in Adult Septic Shock

Jason M. Reese, Victoria Fernandes Sullivan, Nathan Boyer, Cristin A. Mount

Military Medicine · 2018 · 19 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

This pilot study demonstrated a trend towards decreased vasopressor dose, and decreased benzodiazepine and opiate use when ketamine is used as the sole sedative. The limitations to our study include a small sample size and those inherent in using a retrospective control group. Our findings should be further explored in a large, randomized prospective study.

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