ArticleJournal of the Royal Naval Medical Service2009
'The Drug of War'--a historical review of the use of Ketamine in military conflicts.
Article in Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- The diverse effects of ketamine, jack-of-all-trades: a narrative review.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Review
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- Anesthesia Provision in Disasters and Armed Conflicts.Current anesthesiology reports · 2017Review
- Ketamine: 50 Years of Modulating the Mind.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2016Review
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Abstract
Anaesthesia for surgery during armed conflict was traditionally based on simple and reliable techniques. These often required a minimum of equipment and drugs while ensuring rapid and safe patient recovery. Ketamine, which first became available in Britain in the 1970s, was thought to offer certain favorable characteristics for use as a military anaesthetic agent. This article discusses the use of ketamine in many of the major armed conflicts that have occurred since its introduction. It also catalogues the methods used by anaesthetists at the time and their opinions of the drug's success.
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