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The Effects of Ketamine on Respiratory Stimulation and Transpulmonary Pressures

Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital

Summary

Impairment of airway patency is a common cause of extubation failure and opioids and hypnotics can adversely affect airway patency. Ketamine, a noncompetitive antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), unlike other anesthetics activates respiratory effort and promotes bronchodilation. At subanesthetic plasma concentration, ketamine reduces both opioid and propofol requirements. The purpose of this pharmaco-physiological interaction trial is to evaluate the effects of ketamine on breathing and electroencephalography in mechanically ventilated patients.

Official title: The Effects of Subanesthetic Ketamine on Respiratory Stimulation and Transpulmonary Pressures in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Patients

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