TY  - JOUR
T1  - MEdical news
Y1  - 1969/11/24
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1969.03160340007003
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1375
EP  - 1386
VL  - 210
IS  - 8
N2  - Ketamine Still Called Safe, Effective Anesthetic 
    Continuing clinical studies indicate ketamine hydrochloride is a safe and effective anesthetic, three investigators told a press conference at the San Francisco meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists."We believe ketamine is the safest drug that can be used for the cardiac catheterization of children, as well as for open heart surgery to correct congenital lesions," said Guenter Corssen, MD, chairman of the anesthesiology department at the University of Alabama College of Medicine, Birmingham.Dr. Corssen's colleagues are John B. Dillon, MD, and C. Ronald Stephen, MD. Dr. Dillon is chairman of the anesthesiology department at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center. Dr. Stephen is professor of anesthesiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.Much of the press conference dealt with previously reported results (JAMAMedical News204: 38 [April 15] 1968). In the past year, the investigators
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1969.03160340007003
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160340007003
ER  -