Veterinary ECC Small Talk

Ketamine

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Ketamine is a drug with complex pharmacology and a number of potential clinical effects and uses including a dose-dependent central nervous system continuum from analgesia through to sedation, partial dissociation and complete dissociation. In this episode I discuss this drug based around the following points:

  1. How does ketamine work? What does it do?
  2. Continuum of central nervous system effects
  3. Is ketamine contraindicated with raised intracranial pressure?
  4. Ketamine is sympathomimetic
  5. What about ketamine in cats with HCM
  6. “Ketamine head”
  7. Can ketamine be used as a sole agent?
  8. Is ketamine contraindicated with raised intraocular pressure?
  9. Ketamine in caesarean section
  10. Other bits ‘n’ pieces

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    Veterinary ECC Small TalkBy Shailen Jasani MA VetMB MRCVS DipACVECC
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