title: Ketamine anesthesia in children with acute burns and scalds.
abstract: The purpose of the study was to assess the value and the safety of ketamine as a single anesthetic in burned children in a war area. The material consists of 547 children admitted to the hospital in a 4-year period. The parameters studied were blood pressure, heart rate, pulseoxymetry, pre- and postoperative blood gases. Clinical observations were performed during anesthesia and recovery. The children were questioned about bad dreams.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Children's Hospital, Zabreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maldini
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative; D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007649:Ketamine; D008297:Male; D014857:Warfare
chemical_list: D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative; D007649:Ketamine