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Use as an Adjunct to Local Anesthesia in an Office Operating Room

Howard A. Tobin, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1982;108(7):439-440.

Abstract
• I evaluated the response of 200 patients undergoing office surgery to lowdose ketamine hydrochloride and diazepam as an adjunct to local anesthesia. In most patients, there was a slight increase in pulse rate and BP, but this was relatively mild. In almost all patients, there were no unpleasant recollections of the operative procedure, and I concluded that combination low-dose diazepam and ketamine is an effective and safe adjunct to local anesthesia in an office operating room facility.

(Arch Otolaryngol 1982;108:439-440)

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Jan 8, 1982.

Dr Tobin is in private practice in Abilene, Tex.

Read before the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, New Orleans, Sept 20, 1981.

Reprints not available.

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