Ketamine infusions as an adjunct for sedation in critically ill children.
J Opioid Manag
; 18(1): 57-68, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Limited reports have described ketamine's role as an adjunct sedative. The purpose was to describe ketamine's role as an adjunct to achieve goal sedation in mechanically ventilated children.DESIGN:
Retrospective, descriptive study.SETTING:
Thirteen-bed pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) and 12-bed pediatric cardiovascular ICU.PARTICIPANTS:
Seventy-three ketamine courses were included, representing 62 mechanically ventilated children <18 years receiving ketamine for ≥12 hours. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) The primary outcome was to determine the median dose and time to achieve goal sedation (80 percent of State Behavioral Scale scores between 0 and -1) based on ketamine's place in therapy as an adjunct in the sedation regimen. Secondary outcomes included a comparison of sedative dosing pre- and post-ketamine initiation between place in therapy groups and paralyzed/nonparalyzed patients, and identification of ketamine-attributed adverse drug event (ADEs) or iatrogenic withdrawal syndrome (IWS).RESULTS:
The median age was 1.0 years (interquartile range 0.4-4.9). Ketamine was initiated as first-line (n = 7; 9.6 percent), second-line (n = 39; 53.4 percent), third-line (n = 26; 35.6 percent), or fourth-line (n = 1; 1.4 percent) sedation. The median initial and peak doses were 0.6 mg/kg/h (0.3-0.6) and 0.9 mg/kg/h (0.9-1.2), respectively. The median dose and time to achieve goal sedation was 0.8 mg/kg/h (0.6-1.1) and 2 hours (1-7), respectively. ADEs were noted during three courses (4.1 percent) and IWS after discontinuation of one course (1.4 percent).CONCLUSIONS:
The majority were initiated on ketamine as a second- or third-line adjunct sedative. The median initial dose was 0.6 and dose to achieve goal sedation was 0.8 mg/kg/h. Ketamine-attributed ADEs and IWS episodes were rare.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ketamina
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Child
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Humans
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Infant
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article