Fixed-Dose Ketamine | AST/ALT Cutoffs in Abuse

01/06/2024 9 min Temporada 5 Episodio 22
Fixed-Dose Ketamine | AST/ALT Cutoffs in Abuse

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The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 27-31, 2024.These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.Monday Spoon Feed:A retrospective study of 60 patients who received a fixed-dose ketamine of 250 mg by EMS observed that 6 were intubated in the ED. There was no association between weight-based dose of ketamine and risk for intubation.Thursday Spoon Feed:In a large retrospective review of patients with out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest (OHCA) there was a very small, and probably clinically insignificant, association with favorable neurological outcome and survival in those who underwent early as opposed to late advanced airway management.