Ketamine for sedation in acutely painful procedures in Kenya: findings after implementation of the Every Second Matters-Ketamine package

Background: Adequate pain management for painful procedures improves the quality and safety of patient care and has become accepted as a basic human right. In low-resource settings, pain relief for painful procedures is scarce because of cultural, attitudinal, legal, and system-related reasons, as w...

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Main Authors: Moytrayee Guha, MPH, Sebastian Suarez, DrMD, Moshood O Omotayo, PhD, Daniel I Sessler, MD, Khama Rogo, MD, Taha Yusufali, MD, Thomas F Burke, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19301263