International journal of critical illness and injury science

Clinical outcomes of ketamine in patients with traumatic brain injury: A systematic review.

International journal of critical illness and injury science 2024 Mohammad Sameer, Duaa Al Abbas 1 citation

The current literature provides contradictory results concerning the impact of ketamine-induced anesthesia on traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the potential of ketamine boluses to influence the brain pathophysiology in TBI patients. Twenty-one studies (n = 886) were extracted from PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library. The primary...