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October 2, 2025Pakistan Journal of Medicine and DentistryOpen Access

A Comparison of Dexmedetomidine with Ketamine (DEXKET) and Propofol with Ketamine (KETOFOL) During Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangi

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JBJaveria BakhtawarHHiraRARameez Ali

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Randomized controlled trial shows DexKet improves oxygen saturation and recovery in ERCP patients, suggesting its effectiveness.

Key Points

  • DexKet provided significantly better oxygen saturation (97.5% vs. 93.2%) during ERCP, indicating higher effectiveness.
  • Group B using DexKet reported faster recovery times (2.03 vs. 5.09 minutes) and deeper sedation levels, showing superior results.
  • This randomized controlled trial analyzed 110 ERCP patients with stable hemodynamics observed in DexKet group compared to KetoFol.
  • Further multicenter trials are required to validate DexKet’s applicability in broader clinical settings for sedation.

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Bakhtawar et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68de84c45b556a9128e1c0efhttps://doi.org/10.36283/ziun-pjmd14-4/009
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