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arthritis osteoporosis and rheumatology associates :: Article Creator Arthritis & Rheumatology Clinic Contact Information Arthritis & Rheumatology Clinic 740 Jordan Street, Shreveport, LA 71101 Office: (318) 424-9240 Fax: (318) 424-0022 www.Arthdoc.Com Find us on Facebook About Dr. Goodman Robert E. Goodman, M.D. Board-Certified Rheumatologist "Blending the most innovative approaches in rheumatology and arthritis treatments with personalized patient care" Board Certified Rheumatologist Robert E. Goodman, M.D., of the Arthritis and Rheumatology Clinic in Shreveport, has been caring for patients in the Ark-La-Tex since 1985. Dr. Goodman combines his specialized training and experience with personalized care to provide patients with leading-edge technology and the latest treatment options. Dr. Goodman and the Arthritis & Rheumatology Clinic Healthcare Team of caring, compassionate healthcare professiona...
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Ketamine - Epilepsy Foundation

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Ketamine hydrochloride, a dissociative anesthetic, has proconvulsant and anticonvulsant properties. It should be used with caution in epilepsy patients. Of eight epilepsy patients who underwent dental work with ketamine, two had focal motor seizures and another had a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. In some patients with epileptiform activity on their baseline EEGs, particularly those receiving 2–4 mg/kg intravenous doses, the activity progressed to electrical seizure.72 EEG recordings in all of these patients returned to their preanesthetic baseline within a week.73

If a clinical seizure occurs during ketamine use, further administration of ketamine to deepen anesthesia should be avoided. Instead, a CNS depressant, such as a barbiturate or benzodiazepine, should be used.3

In other studies, ketamine did not increase epileptiform or seizure activity in epilepsy subjects.74,75 Owing to the mixed depressant-stimulant effects of ketamine, epilepsy patients should be adequately premedicated with anticonvulsants and sedatives.

Adapted from: Najjar S, Devinsky O, Rosenberg AD, et al. Procedures in epilepsy patients. In: Ettinger AB and Devinsky O, eds. Managing epilepsy and co-existing disorders. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2002;499–513. With permission from Elsevier (www.elsevier.com).

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