Intramuscular Ketamine Effect on Postnasal Surgery Agitation: A Prospective Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
This study investigates the effect of intramuscular ketamine on emergence agitation (EA) following septoplasty and open septorhinoplasty (OSRP) when administered at subanesthetic doses at the end of surgery. A random sample of 160 ASA I-II adult patients who underwent septoplasty or OSRP between May and October, 2022, was divided into two groups of eighty patients each: ketamine (Group K) and saline (Group S) with the latter serving as the control group. At the end of surgery immediately after turning off the inhalational agent, Group K was administered with intramuscular 2 ml of normal saline containing 0.7 mg/kg ketamine...
Source: Anesthesiology Research and Practice - March 9, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Husam A Almajali Ali M Abu Dalo Nidal M Al-Soud Ali Almajali Abdelrazzaq Alrfooh Thani Alawamreh Hamza Al-Wreikat Source Type: research