title: The Role of Ketamine in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What Would Happen if Ketamine Becomes a Scheduled Drug?
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; and Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Rivers State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Girish P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: Bisola
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Onajin-Obembe
mesh_terms: D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative; D061891:Controlled Substances; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006801:Humans; D007649:Ketamine
chemical_list: D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative; D061891:Controlled Substances; D007649:Ketamine
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