GreifensteinFE, De VaultM, YoshitakeK, GajewskiJE. A study of 1-aryl cyclo-hexamine for anesthesia. Anesth Analg1958;37:283–294.
2.
WintersWD, Ferrar-AlladoT, Guzman-FloresC, AlcarazM.The cataleptic state induced by ketamine: a review of the neuropharmacology of anesthesia. Neuropharmacology1972;11(3):303–315.
3.
CorssenG, DominoEF. Dissociative anesthesia: further pharmacologic studies and first clinical experience with the phencyclidine derivative CI-581. Anesth Analg1966;45(1):29–40.
4.
WhitePF, WayWL, TrevorAJ. Ketamine—its pharmacology and therapeutic uses. Anesthesiology1982;56(2):119–136.
5.
BovillJG, ClarkeRSJ, DavisEA, DundeeJW. Some cardiovascular effects of keta-mine in man. Br J Pharmacol1971;41(2):411P–412P.
6.
CorssenG, GutierrezJ, RevesJG, HuberFCJr. Ketamine in the management of asthmatic patients. Anesth Analg1972;51(4):588–596.
7.
FisherMM. Ketamine hydrochloride in severe bronchospasm. Anaesthesia1977;32(8):771–772.
8.
StrubePJ, HallamPL. Ketamine by con-tinuous infusion in status asthmaticus. Anaesthesia1986;41(10):1017–1019.
9.
RockMJ, Reyes de la RochaS, L'HommedieuCS, TruemperE.Use of ketamine in asthmatic children to treat res-piratory failure refractory to conventional therapy. Crit Care Med1986;14(5):514–516.
10.
HemmingA, MackenzieI, FinferS.Response to ketamine in status asthmaticus resistant to maximal medical treatment. Thorax1994;49(1):90–91.
11.
SarmaVJ. Use of ketamine in acute severe asthma. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand1992;36(1):106–107.
12.
HemmingsenC, NielsenPK, OdoricoJ.Ketamine in the treatment of broncho-spasm during mechanical ventilation. Am J Emerg Med1994;12(4):417–420.
13.
NehamaJ, PassR, Bechtler-KarschA, SteinbergC, NottermanDA. Continuous ketamine infusion for the treatment of refractory asthma in a mechanically ven-tilated infant: case report and review of the pediatric literature. Ped Emerg Care1996;12:294–297.
14.
L'HommedieuCS, ArensJJ. The use of ketamine for the emergency intubation of patients with status asthmaticus. Ann Emerg Med1987;16(5):568–571.
15.
BeveridgeRC, GrunfeldAF, HodderRV, VerbeckPR. Guidelines for the emergency management of asthma in adults. CAEP Asthma Advisory Committee. Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians and the Canadian Thoracic Society. Can Med Assoc J1996;155(1):25–37.
16.
HowtonJC, RoseJ, DuffyS, ZoltanskiT, LevittMA. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of intravenous ketamine in acute asthma. Ann Emerg Med1996;27(2):170–175.
17.
WhitePF, HamJ, WayWL, TrevorAJ. Pharmacology of ketamine isomers in sur-gical patients. Anesthesiology1980;52(3):231–239.
18.
HirotaK, SatoT, RabitoSF, ZsigmondEK, MatsukiA.Relaxant effect of keta-mine and its isomers on histamine-induced contraction of tracheal smooth muscle. Br J Anaesth1996;76(2):266–270.
