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Supports protecting ketamine access in LMICs for surgical care; leaves open need for higher-level prospective data.
Ketamine is an essential, safe, and inexpensive anesthetic in low- and middle-income countries, and scheduling it as a prohibited substance would severely restrict access to essential surgical care.
Joshi et al. (2016) studied this question.
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