Annals of Pulmonology

Case Report Pages 60-63

The Use of Oral Ketamine for Wound Dressing in an Adult Patient

Authors: Yusuf RA and Sanusi AA

Abstract: Ketamine is a racemic mixture of two enantiomers, R- and S-ketamine. The mixture is primarily used as anaesthestic agent. In low or sub anaesthetic doses, ketamine has potent analgesic properties, and it has been used effectively as either a primary analgesic or analgesic adjuvant in varieties of pain syndromes and burn dressings in children

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