Ketamine as a neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory agent in children undergoing surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass: a pilot randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Bhutta, Adnan T

Ketamine as a neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory agent in children undergoing surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass: a pilot randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. [electronic resource] - Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies May 2012 - 328-37 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1529-7535

10.1097/PCC.0b013e31822f18f9 doi


Anti-Inflammatory Agents--pharmacology
Biomarkers--blood
Brain--drug effects
Brain Injuries--blood
C-Reactive Protein--metabolism
Cardiopulmonary Bypass--adverse effects
Central Nervous System--drug effects
Child Development
Cytokines--blood
Double-Blind Method
Drug Administration Schedule
Female
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular--surgery
Humans
Infant
Inflammation--blood
Injections, Intravenous
Intention to Treat Analysis
Ketamine--pharmacology
Linear Models
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neuroprotective Agents--pharmacology
Pilot Projects
Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared
Treatment Outcome