Ketamine for the treatment of acute pain.

CMAJ

Department of Medicine (Silverstein, Juurlink, Zipursky), University of Toronto; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Juurlink, Zipursky), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (Juurlink, Zipursky), University of Toronto; ICES Central (Juurlink), Toronto, Ont.

Published: November 2021

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