Respiratory complications associated with ketamine anesthesia for ophthalmic procedures following intraocular pressure measurement in children

• Main Authors: Lei Wu (Author), Kirk Lalwani (Author), Karla A Hook (Author), Bella M Almario (Author), Rongwei Fu (Author), Beth Edmunds (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: We compared respiratory complications (RCs) in children who received intramuscular (IM) versus intravenous (IV) or no ketamine for intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement to test our observation that IM ketamine is associated with higher incidence of RCs. Materials and Methods: We analyze...