title: Ventricular tachycardia after ketamine sedation for fracture reduction.
abstract: This case report describes a 10-year-old female patient who underwent ketamine sedation for fracture reduction and experienced asymptomatic ventricular tachycardia after the sedation. She had no history of syncope, chest pain, palpations, or light-headedness and had a normal physical examination. This is the first reported case of a patient experiencing ventricular tachycardia after ketamine use for sedation. This case demonstrates a serious and potentially harmful possible adverse effect of ketamine administration.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Emergency Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital; †Ohio State University College of Medicine; and ‡Division of Cardiology, Division of Neonatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH.
authors.forename: Kristin S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Stukus
authors.forename: Ryle W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Przybylowicz
authors.forename: Carl H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Backes
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007649:Ketamine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000139:chemically induced*; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative; D007649:Ketamine