Assertion: ketamine | /r/ObjectUse | used as sedative
Facets:
value: for patients
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: According to the American Society of Critical Care Medicine guidelines for the management of pain, agitation, and delirium in adult patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), ketamine may also be used as a sedative and an analgesic (as an adjunct to an opioid analgesic for non-neuropathic pain) for critically ill patients.
text: It is also used as a sedative for patients undergoing intensive care.
text: Ketamine, sold as Ketalar® in the U.S., is used as a sedative and as pain management in emergency rooms and emergency surgery in war zones.