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. 2024 Jun 27;6:33. doi: 10.1186/s42466-024-00322-7

Table 2.

Ketamine administration parameters

Author/ Year published Latency to KE, median (range) Previous ASMs/Anesthetics KE dose, Median (Range) KE duration, Median (Range) Proportion of concurrent drug receiver/ drugs
Larger Case Series
Gaspard 2013 9 d (6 h– 122 d) PR, MDZ, PentB and TP

LD- 1.5 mg/kg (maximum 5 mg/kg)

MD- 2.75 mg/kg/h (0.05–10 mg/kg/h)

4 d (6 h to 27 d) 100%/ PentB, TP, MDZ and PR (2–12 drugs in every case)
Sabharwal 2015 NR PR (in 61 patients) £ MD- NR (1.5–10.5 mg/kg/h) 5.97 d (1 d– 29 d) 100%/ PR (25–140 mcg/kg/min)
Hofler 2016 3 d (2 d– 6.8 d) A median of two anesthetics and three antiepileptic drugs £

LD- 200 mg (200 mg to 250 mg) α

MD- 2.39 mg/kg/h (1.52–3.02 mg/kg/h)

4 d (2 d– 6.8 d) 40%/PR
Alkhachroum2020 2 d (1 d − 4.5 d) ¥ LEV, PHT, LCM, VPA, CLB, PB, GBP MD- 2.2 mg/kg/h (0.2 mg/kg/h– 10 mg/kg/h) 2 d (1 d– 4 d) 100%/MDZ (100%), PR (53%), and PentB (14.7%)
Smaller Case Series
Mewasingh 2003 28 d (14 d– 70 d)

2 patients- MDZ and LZP,

3 patients - KE as 1st line of therapy.

1.5 mg/kg/day (orally in two divided dose) 5 d in all patients

100%/ with maintenance ASMs (VPA, LTG, ETM, CZP,

FBM, CLB, TPM)

Rosati 2012 6 d (2 d-26 d) MDZ, TPH, and PR (N = 9,5 and 4 respectively)

LD- NR (2–3 mg/kg, two boluses 5 min apart)

MD- 2.4 mg/kg/h (0.6–3.6 mg/kg/h)

6 d (3 d– 17 d) 100%/ MDZ $, RUF, CZP, PB, STP, CLB, TPM, LZP, FBM, VPA, PHT, PR
Synowiec 2013 5 d (1 d– 11 d) PR, LZP, PentB, MDZ, MDZ + PR (N = 7,1,1,1, and 1 respectively)

LD- 1 mg/kg (N = 3) and 2 mg/kg (N = 7)

MD- 1.3 mg/kg/h# (0.45–2.1 mg/kg/h)

5 d (4 d − 28 d) 100%/ PR, LZP, PentB, PB, VPA, PHT, CBZ, GBP, TPM, LEV, LTG, DZP,
Basha 2015 4 d (16 h– 11 d) ≥ 1 IV anesthetics + ASMs (1–5 agents)

LD- 1.1 mg/kg, 4.3 mg/kg, and 4 mg/kg (N = 2,1, and 1 respectively)

MD- 4 mg/kg/h (1–5 mg/kg/h)

3.5 d (2 d– 26 d) 100%/ MDZ, PR, and PentB
Liaqat 2018 NR MDZ, PHT and LEV.

LD- 5 mg/kg (N = 20)

MD- 5 mg/kg/h (N = 20)

NR 60%/ TP and PR µ
Wang 2020 4 d (1.8 d − 6.3 d) MDZ and PR in most cases£

LD- 1.5 mg/kg (0.3–1.6 mg/kg, N = 7)

MD- 2.2 mg/kg/h (1.2–5.3 mg/kg/h, N = 18)

4 d (2 d– 11 d) 100%/ MDZ, PR, VPA, LEV, PB, Oxcarbazepine, CZP, TPM, NZP
Dericioglu 2020 6 d (4 d– 19 d) ¥ LEV, CZP, TPM, oxcarbazepine, LCM, PHT, MDZ, PR

LD- NR (0.5-2 mg/kg, N = 5)

MD- NR (1–5 mg/kg/h)

8 d (3 d − 24 d) 86%/ MDZ (N = 4), PR (N = 2), TP (N = 1)
Caranzano 2022 4 d (2 d– 20 d)

LEV,

PR

LCM, MDZ TP, TPM, PB, CBZ, FosPHT

PGe,

PP, CZP, CLB,

MD- 5 mg/kg/h (2.5–15 mg/kg/h) 2 d (1 d– 16 d) 100%/ MDZ, PR, CZP, PHT, LEV, TPM, PG, PentB, VPA, LCM,
Case Report
Hsieh 2010 58 d DZP, VPA, MDZ, LEV, PHT, TPM, PR, TP

LD- 0.5 mg/kg

MD- 0.38 mg/kg/h

5 days 100%/ MDZ
Shrestha 2015 36 h and 42 h. 1st case (LZP bolus, loading dose of PHT, Sodium VPA, LEV, PB, MDZ), 2nd case (MDZ bolus, PHT loading dose, Sodium VPA + LEV + CLB-Maintenance ASMS)

LD- 1 mg/kg (50 mg and 35 mg)

MD- 2 mg/kg/h (100 mg/h and 70 mg/h)

3 d and 2 d 100%/MDZ
Mutkule 2018 4 d MDZ, LEV, LCM, PHT, CLB, VPA, PB, TPM, TP.

LD- 1 mg/kg

MD- 2 mg/kg/h

7 d None
Santoro 2019 9 d, 4 d, 32 d MDZ, LEV, VPA, PHT, LZP, CLB, PB, LCM, DZP, GBP, ketogenic diet. LD- 40 mg, 50 mg, and 40 mg MD- 3 mg/kg/h (N = 3) 21 d, 21 d, and 14 d 66%/PB, PHT or other ASMs
Samanta 2020 36 h and 30 h 1st case (DZP, LZP, LEV, MDZ, CZP, VPA, oxcarbazepine, TPM), 2nd case (MDZ, IV LZP, fosPHT, LEV, LCM, PR)

LD- 2 mg/kg in both

MD- 0.5–2.5 and 3 mg/kg/h

2 days and 1.5 days None
Meenakshi-Sundaram 2020 3 d IV LEV, LCM, MDZ infusion, TP, TPM, PB, CBZ, FosPHT, PP, CZP, CLB, Magnesium, Ketogenic diet

LD- 3 mg/kg

MD- 3 mg/kg/h

30 d 100%/Multiple ASMs and anesthetics
Manganotti 2021 12 d IV PR, LEV, infusion of MDZ, VPA, PHT, LCM,

LD- 3 mg/kg

MD- 10 mg/kg/h

3 d 100%/PP

Abbreviations IV- Intravenous; CBZ - carbamazepine; CLB - clobazam; CZP - clonazepam; ETM - ethosuximide; FBM - felbamate; KE - ketamine; LEV - levetiracetam; LTG - lamotrigine; LZP - lorazepam; MDZ - midazolam; NZP - nitrazepam; PB - phenobarbital; PentB- Pentobarbital; PHT - phenytoin; PR - propofol; RUF- rufinamide; STP - stiripentol; TP - thiopental; TPM - topiramate; VPA– valproate; LCM-lacosamide; GBP- gabapentin; PG-pregabalin; DZP-diazepam; Ox-CBZ-oxcarbarzepine; PP-perampanel; LD- Loading dose, MD- Maintenance dose; £ Mention of ASMs or anesthetics are not in detail; α administered only 7 out of 42 cases; ¥ After hospitalization; Name of other drugs are not mentioned; $to control emergence reaction; #Mean; µ Anesthetics were used if seizure were not controlled within 24 h of KE infusion