Ketamine-Dexmedetomidine combination (KETODEX) for sedation in pediatric major surgery in a low-income country

We present a series of four cases of anorectal malformations corrections in Guinea Bissau, in children up to 13 months of age, under regional anesthesia and sedation with ketodex, a mixture of ketamine and dexmedetomidine (in a proportion of 1 mg to 1 μg). No child developed respiratory depression requiring airway intervention or supplemental oxygen, or had hemodynamic instability.PMID:35445494 | DOI:10.1111/pan.14465

Source: Paediatric Anaesthesia - April 21, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Sofia Vila Moutinho Jo ão C Tavares Joana Borges Marques Joana Teixeira de Figueiredo Renato Lucas Passos de Souza Source Type: research