Recurrent hallucinations following ketamine.
Recurrent hallucinations appeared in an 11-year-old boy during 5 days following ketamine anaesthesia. Previous anaesthesia with ketamine and adequate diazepam supplementation did not produce any such effect. The phenomenon of delayed recurring hallucinations is a rare but dangerous side-effect of ketamine, not unlike LSD flashbacks. The described case lends support to previous reports on the value of diazepam in the prevention of post-ketamine perceptual abnormalities.
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002648:Child; D003975:Diazepam; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007649:Ketamine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors
D007649:Ketamine; D003975:Diazepam