Assertion: ketamine | /r/ObjectUse | used as analgesic
Facets:
value: in emergency medicine
type: LOCATION
value: commonly
type: TEMPORAL
value: for critically ill 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: Ketamine is commonly used as an analgesic in emergency medicine and as an adjuvant drug in the perioperative setting.