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More subclinical respiratory depression with ketamine than propofol for sedation

Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast

1:47  |   Posted on Jun 15, 2010 in Anesthesiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Medical Students, Nurses/NP/PA, Pediatrics, Pharmacists, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Surgery

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Propofol may be preferable to ketamine for procedural sedation in the emergency department, researchers conclude in a study published online June 2 in Academic Emergency Medicine.

In a non-blinded randomized trial comparing the two drugs, Dr. James R. Miner from Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, and colleagues found ketamine had an unexpected effect on respiration.

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