Why the study?
Does oral ketamine provide effective analgesia in patients with fractures/dislocations in the emergency room?
Population
11 patients (9 males, 2 females) with fractures/dislocation in the Emergency Room, age range 4 to 48 years.
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
up to 15 minutes after the procedure
Authors
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Supports hypothesis of oral ketamine for ER procedural analgesia; case-report data leave efficacy unproven and should not change practice.
Does oral ketamine provide effective analgesia in patients with fractures/dislocations in the emergency room?
Oral ketamine may provide effective, palatable, and accessible analgesia for minor orthopedic procedures in low-resource emergency room settings.
Ogboli-Nwasor et al. (2014) studied this question.
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