Ketamine -anesthesia-intravensous ana agents-ketamine -bronchodilator -sensitizes heart to effects of adrenaline -increases iot and ict and intrauterine pressure no muscle relaxation, analgesia +++ has antiepileptic action may cause delirium tremens induces so-called dissociative anaesthesia. profound analgesia, immobility, amnesia, with light sleep and feeling of dissociation from one own body and the surroundings. heart rate, cardiac output and bp are elevated due to sympathetic stimulation. it has been recommended in head and neck, patients who have bleed, asthmatics and for short operations. it is good for repeated use; burn dressing angiographies, cardiac catheterization and trauma surgery. -dangerous for hypertensives and in ischaemic. -drug of choice in paediatric, burn, porphyria patients and useful in elderly.
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