Category: Trauma
Keywords: Ketamine intranadal fentanyl trauma pain (PubMed Search)
Posted: 6/30/2024 by Robert Flint, MD
(Updated: 12/9/2024)
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192 trauma patients who were receiving pre-hospital fentanyl for moderate to severe pain were randomized to placebo or intranasal 50 mg ketamine as an adjunct for pain control. There was no difference between the two groups in decrease in pain scale.
The authors concluded: “In our sample, we did not detect an analgesic benefit of adding 50 mg intranasal ketamine to fentanyl in out-of-hospital trauma patients.”
Jason T. McMullan, MD, MS Christopher A. Droege, PharmD Kathleen M. Chard, PhD Kim Ward Hart, MA
Christopher J. Lindsell, PhD Richard J. Strilka, MD, PhD
Open AccessPublished:June 12, 2024DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.04.018