Commentary to “Ischemic priapism in pediatric patients: spontaneous detumescence with ketamine sedation”

The article gives is a short communication regarding the use of ketamine for the treatment of priapism in four children in the pediatric emergency department, with erections lasting at least 8 hours. While the authors were expecting to have to proceed with corporal irrigation, they documented that after sedation with ketamine, the penis detumesced in three, and the fourth required irrigation. It is interesting that the ketamine worked, even though the boys had sickle cell disease as the presumed cause of priapism.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Urology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Source Type: research