Repeated intravenous infusions of esketamine in inpatients with bipolar depression: A retrospective real-world study by Naima Guhad Shire, Michael Ioannou, Örjan Falk, Ane Bakken Wold, Caroline Wass, Zoltán Szabó, Steinn Steingrimsson

“…Background: Ketamine shows promise for treating bipolar depression, particularly in severe cases. …”
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Interventional factors influencing natural killer cell immunity in colorectal cancer: a systematic review by Wai Sinn Soh, Grace L. Burns, Tharindu Senanayake, Raquel Cameron, Kerith Duncanson, Guy D. Eslick, Sharmila S. Prasad, Stephen R. Smith, Simon Keely

“…Our findings demonstrate that certain perioperative interventions (such as ketamine and morphine) can negatively impact NK cell cytotoxicity.…”
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Rutin via Increase in the CA3 Diameter of the Hippocampus Exerted Antidepressant-Like Effect in Mouse Model of Maternal Separation Stress: Possible Involvement of NMDA Receptors by Maryam Anjomshoa, Shakiba Nasiri Boroujeni, Sorayya Ghasemi, Zahra Lorigooini, Ahmad Amiri, Shima Balali-dehkordi, Hossein Amini-khoei

“…The control and MS mice were divided separately into 16 groups (n=8) (8 groups for each set) including mice that received normal saline, mice that received rutin at doses of 10, 50, and 100 mg/kg, mice that received NMDA at a dose of 150 mg/kg, mice that received ketamine (NMDA antagonist) at a dose of 0.25 mg/kg, mice that received NMDA antagonist plus a subeffective dose of rutin, and mice that received NMDA plus an effective dose of rutin. …”
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A randomized controlled interventional study for analgesic effects of intrathecal versus intravenous dexmedetomidine on subarachnoid anesthesia with hyperbaric bupivacaine by Manu Dadhwal, Anupama Gupta, Ajay Kurian

“…Background: Various pharmacologic agents such as opioids, benzodiazepines, ketamine, and alpha2 adrenergic agonists are commonly used to increase the duration of subarachnoid block. …”
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Opioid-free versus opioid-based anesthesia in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a single-center, randomized, controlled trial by Hanane Barakat, Linda Gholmieh, Jessy Abou Nader, Vanda Yazbeck Karam, Obey Albaini, Mohamad El Helou, Rony Al Nawwar

“…All patients received intra-operative propofol, sevoflurane, a neuromuscular blocking agent, and ketamine. The primary outcome included opioid consumption during the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). …”
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Multimodal low-opioid anesthesia as a factor in reducing the activation of the proinflammatory response in cardiac surgery by S.R. Maruniak, O.A. Loskutov, O.M. Druzhyna, I.R. Malysh, V.G. Kolesnikov, N.O. Korotchuk

“…The use of a combination of ketamine, lidocaine and dexmedetomidine for multimodal low opioid anesthesia is characterized by relative safety, a sufficient level of analgesia and a low level of inflammatory response.…”
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The use of strong analgesics for prehospital pain management in children in the region of Southern Denmark: a register-based study by Josefine Tvede Colding-Jørgensen, Gina Maj Graven Brandstrup, Vibe Maria Laden Nielsen, Josefine Gradman, Line Anker Bang Thybo, Peter Martin Hansen, Daniel Wittrock, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Helle Collatz Christensen, Søren Mikkelsen

“…In one in seventeen of all prehospital contacts with children, fentanyl, alfentanil, morphine and/or s-ketamine was administered. Three-quarters of the doses of strong analgesics were administered to patients older than 10 years. …”
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Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in patients undergoing nasal surgeries for prevention of emergence agitation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Gustavo R.M. Wegner, Bruno F.M. Wegner, Henrik G. Oliveira, Luis A. Costa, Luigi W. Spagnol, Valentine W. Spagnol, Gilberto T.F. de Oliveira Filho

“…The best ranked treatments identified were intraoperative dexmedetomidine (1 μg.kg-1 for 10 minutes as a bolus, followed by 0.4 μg.kg-1.h-1), bilateral nasociliary and maxillary nerve block, ketamine (0.5 mg.kg-1 administered 20 minutes before the end of surgery), nasal compression for 40 minutes before anesthesia induction, and suction above the cuff of the endotracheal tube. …”
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Prophylactic Ozone Administration Reduces Intestinal Mucosa Injury Induced by Intestinal Ischemia-Reperfusion in the Rat by Ozkan Onal, Fahri Yetisir, A. Ebru Salman Sarer, N. Dilara Zeybek, C. Oztug Onal, Banu Yurekli, H. Tugrul Celik, Ayse Sirma, Mehmet Kılıc

“…Rats were anesthetized with ketamine∖xyzlazine and their intracardiac blood was drawn completely and they were sacrificed. …”
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Prolonged Helium Postconditioning Protocols during Early Reperfusion Do Not Induce Cardioprotection in the Rat Heart In Vivo: Role of Inflammatory Cytokines by Gezina Tanya Mei Ling Oei, Hamid Aslami, Raphaela Priscilla Kerindongo, Renske Johanna Steenstra, Charlotte Jacqueline Peter Beurskens, Anita Maria Tuip-de Boer, Nicole Petra Juffermans, Markus Werner Hollmann, Benedikt Preckel, Nina Claudia Weber

“…Rats were anesthetized with S-ketamine (150 mg/kg) and diazepam (1.5 mg/kg). Regional myocardial ischemia/reperfusion was induced; additional groups inhaled 15, 30, or 60 min of 70% helium during reperfusion. …”
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鞘内注射2R， 6R-HNK缓解雌性小鼠的神经病理性疼痛 by 刘安然, 林震嘉, 彭湘格, 李莹, 郑钰凡, 谈智, 周利君, 冯霞

“…将雌性小鼠随机分不同组：假手术或SNI术后3 周或术前30 min/1 d给予溶剂、2R， 6R-HNK、S-ketamine（10 mg/kg腹腔注射或7、21 μmol/L鞘内注射）（每组3 ~ 7只）。采用机械缩足阈值（PWT）和镇痛效率评估2R， 6R-HNK的治疗或预防效果。…”
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Recent Advances in the Mechanisms of Postoperative Neurocognitive Dysfunction: A Narrative Review by Tingting Wang, Xin Huang, Shujun Sun, Yafeng Wang, Linlin Han, Tao Zhang, Tianhao Zhang, Xiangdong Chen

“…Propofol and dexmedetomidine demonstrate neuroprotective properties by suppressing neuroinflammation and microglial activation, whereas inhalational anesthetics like sevoflurane intensify oxidative stress and inflammatory responses. Ketamine, with its anti-inflammatory potential, offers promise but requires further evaluation to determine its long-term safety and efficacy. …”
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Paraoxonase and Arylesterase Activities, Lipid Profile, and Oxidative Damage in Experimental Ischemic Colitis Model by Ethem Unal, Cengiz Eris, Bülent Kaya, Hafize Uzun, Faruk Cavdar, Murat Yildar, Ali Riza Kiziler, Birsen Aydemir, Pembegul Gunes, Riza Kutanis, Izzet Titiz

“…All animals were anesthetized with ether and ketamine anesthesia to undergo a midline laparotomy. …”
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Major Depressive Disorder as a Condition Negatively Impacting Both Mental and Physical Functioning. What to Do When There Is Treatment Resistance? by Monika Makar, Daria Michałka, Zuzanna Gałuszka, Natalie Papachristoforou, Justyna Głowacka, Aleksandra Kocjan, Emilia Bąk, Natalia Tekiela, Radosław Chmiel, Tomasz Bartuś

“…If  it comes to treatment efficacy studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of several strategies. Ketamine and esketamine have shown rapid and substantial efficacy in mitigating the symptoms of TRD. …”
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Two-Layer Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework for Low-Resource Medical Question Answering Using Reddit Data: Proof-of-Concept Study by Sudeshna Das, Yao Ge, Yuting Guo, Swati Rajwal, JaMor Hairston, Jeanne Powell, Drew Walker, Snigdha Peddireddy, Sahithi Lakamana, Selen Bozkurt, Matthew Reyna, Reza Sameni, Yunyu Xiao, Sangmi Kim, Rasheeta Chandler, Natalie Hernandez, Danielle Mowery, Rachel Wightman, Jennifer Love, Anthony Spadaro, Jeanmarie Perrone, Abeed Sarker

“…For this proof-of-concept study, we used user-generated data from Reddit to answer clinicians’ questions on the use of xylazine and ketamine. ResultsOur framework achieves comparable median scores in terms of relevance, length, hallucination, coverage, and coherence when evaluated using GPT-4 and Nous-Hermes-2-7B-DPO, evaluated for 20 queries with 76 samples. …”
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Penggunaan Blok Peritonsil untuk Mengurangi Nyeri Pasca Operasi Tonsilektomi by Dedy Kurnia

“…Hasil penelitian sebelumnya didapatkan kombinasi dari ketamin dengan anestesi lokal untuk blok peritonsil sebagai pilihan terbaik untuk mengurangi nyeri pasca operasi, mencegah terjadinya perdarahan sekunder, mengurangi waktu perawatan pasca operasi dan mempercepat kondisi tubuh kembali normal.…”
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