Why the study?
Does intravenous ketamine combined with diazepam increase post-operative side effects and care requirements when supplementing conduction anaesthesia in young and middle-aged adults?
Population
126 young and middle-aged adults scheduled for lower abdominal, anorectal or extremity surgery under…
Comparison
Intravenous ketamine combined with diazepam… vs No supplementary drugs for conduction anaesthesia.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 day post-operation
Authors
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Higher ketamine doses with diazepam were associated with more post-operative anxiety and confusion; leaves open low-dose safety in conduction anaesthesia.
Does intravenous ketamine combined with diazepam increase post-operative side effects and care requirements when supplementing conduction anaesthesia in young and middle-aged adults?
Supplementing conduction anaesthesia with low-dose ketamine (0.5 mg/kg) and diazepam avoids the significant post-operative anxiety and confusion seen with higher anaesthetic doses.
Korttila et al. (1978) studied this question.
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