Table 3.
Ketamine | SDDK IV for analgesia | Ketamine IM for agitation/delirium |
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Dose in mg, median (IQR) | 20 (IQR: 16.1–25) | 242.4 (IQR 124.7–319.4) |
Dose in mg/kg, median (IQR) | 0.26 (0.2–0.3) | 3.2 (1.89–4) |
Unique ED encounters | 170 | 37 |
No. patients with repeated ED encounters | 13, accounting for 40 ED encounters | 0 |
No. ED locations using ketamine (%) | 15 out of 18 (83) | 9 out of 18 (50) |
ED Type | ||
Hospital-based ketamine patients | 196 | 37 |
Freestanding ketamine patients | 14 | 0 |
SDDK, subdissociative-dose ketamine; IV, intravenous; IM, intramuscular; ED, emergency department; IQR, interquartile range; mg, milligram; kg, kilogram; no., number.