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. 2020 Jan 27;21(2):272–281. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2019.10.43067

Table 3.

Ketamine utilization.

Ketamine SDDK IV for analgesia Ketamine IM for agitation/delirium
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.