Adjuvant low-dose ketamine for paediatric and young adult sickle cell vaso-occlusive episodes in the emergency department

Br J Haematol. 2022 Jul;198(1):207-209. doi: 10.1111/bjh.18201. Epub 2022 Apr 9.

Authors

J Bryan Cooper-Sood¹, Ward Hagar², Anne Marsh², Carolyn Hoppe², Anurag K Agrawal²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Emergency Medicine, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, California, USA.
² Division of Hematology/Oncology, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, California, USA.

PMID: 35396855
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18201

No abstract available

Keywords: ketamine; pain; sickle cell anaemia.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anemia, Sickle Cell* / complications
Anemia, Sickle Cell* / drug therapy
Child
Emergency Service, Hospital
Erythrocytes, Abnormal
Humans
Ketamine*
Pain
Young Adult

Substances

Ketamine