S(+)-ketamine for long-term sedation in a child with retinoblastoma undergoing interstitial brachytherapy.
We report the case of a 14-month-old child undergoing hourly pulse dose radiation therapy (interstitial brachytherapy) for 72 h in whom we employed S(+)-ketamine for sedation during spontaneous breathing.
Kozek-Langenecker
Sibylle A
SA
Department of General Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care B, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. sibylle.kozek@univie.ac.at
Marhofer
Peter
P
Sator-Katzenschlager
Sabine M
SM
Dieckmann
Karin
K
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D007103:Immobilization; D007223:Infant; D007649:Ketamine / Q000737:chemistry; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D007649:Ketamine