A Comparison of Headache Treatment in the Emergency Department: Prochlorperazine Versus Ketamine

Intravenous subdissociative-dose ketamine has been shown to be effective for pain management, but has not been specifically studied for headaches in the emergency department (ED). For this reason, we designed a study to compare standard treatment (prochlorperazine) with ketamine in patients with ben...

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Published in:	Annals of emergency medicine Vol. 71; no. 3; pp. 369 - 377.e1
Main Authors:	Zitek, Tony, Gates, Melanie, Pitotti, Christopher, Bartlett, Alexandria, Patel, Jayme, Rahbar, Aryan, Forred, Wesley, Sontgerath, Joseph S., Clark, Jill M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2018
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Anesthetics, Dissociative - administration & dosage Dopamine Antagonists - administration & dosage Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Double-Blind Method Emergency Service, Hospital Female Follow-Up Studies Headache - diagnosis Headache - drug therapy Humans Injections, Intravenous Ketamine - administration & dosage Male Middle Aged Pain Measurement Prochlorperazine - administration & dosage Prospective Studies Treatment Outcome Young Adult
ISSN:	0196-0644, 1097-6760, 1097-6760
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