Korean J Anesthesiol.  1979 Jun;12(2):173-175.

Failure to Produce Analgesia with Intramuscular Ketamine

• Kwon OK
• Chon SU

Abstract

Ketamine, a phencyclidine derivative, has been used as an anesthetic agent since 1965 and it has received much attention as an anesthetic for minor surgical procedures, in some diagnostic procedures in children or as an induction agent for poor risk patients. A troublesome problem has been psychic disturbance on emergence. There are many reports on ketamine anesthesia but some cases describing the failure of recommended doses of ketamine to produce adequate analgesia have been reported with cerebral cortical disease or massive craniocerebral trauma. In this case, we experienced a failure to produce adequate analgesia with intramuscular ketamine (11 mg/kg). It was not confirmed in this case whether the patient had suffered any cerebral cortcial disease or not.

MeSH Terms

Analgesia*
Anesthesia
Child
Craniocerebral Trauma
Humans
Ketamine*
Minor Surgical Procedures
Phencyclidine
Ketamine
Phencyclidine