Ketamine and Propofol Combination Versus Propofol for Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Summary

Propofol is one of the most popular anesthetic drugs used for sedation during upper gastrointestinal endoscopies due to its quick onset and quick resolution of symptoms allowing patients to leave the hospital sooner. However, when administered it can also slow the breathing of patients and cause others to have upper airway obstruction (such as snoring) which can impede proper spontaneous breathing. Ketamine is an agent that is capable of providing both pain control and sedation while having either minimal effect on breathing or promoting spontaneous breathing. Combining Ketamine with Propofol has the potential to reduce the total amount of Propofol used resulting in a procedure being performed under the same level of sedation but without the downside of reduced spontaneous breathing. Patients who are obese (defined as body mass index greater than 35) tend to be even more susceptible to this effect of Propofol. The researchers are investigating whether the addition of Ketamine will indeed allow for this continued comfortable level of sedation while promoting continued spontaneous breathing in obese patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopies.

Timeline

Start

2016-01-01

Primary completion

2019-01-05

Completion

2019-01-05

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “Lack of Enrollment”

Publications

• Background Tandon M, Pandey VK, Dubey GK, Pandey CK, Wadhwa N. Addition of sub-anaesthetic dose of ketamine reduces gag reflex during propofol based sedation for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: A prospective randomised double-blind study. Indian J Anaesth. 2014 Jul;58(4):436-41. doi: 10.4103/0019-5049.138981.
• Background Dal T, Sazak H, Tunc M, Sahin S, Yilmaz A. A comparison of ketamine-midazolam and ketamine-propofol combinations used for sedation in the endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: a prospective, single-blind, randomized study. J Thorac Dis. 2014 Jun;6(6):742-51. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.04.10.
• Background Street MH, Gerard JM. A fixed-dose ketamine protocol for adolescent sedations in a pediatric emergency department. J Pediatr. 2014 Sep;165(3):453-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.03.021. Epub 2014 Apr 20.
• Background Newton A, Fitton L. Intravenous ketamine for adult procedural sedation in the emergency department: a prospective cohort study. Emerg Med J. 2008 Aug;25(8):498-501. doi: 10.1136/emj.2007.053421.
• Background Sih K, Campbell SG, Tallon JM, Magee K, Zed PJ. Ketamine in adult emergency medicine: controversies and recent advances. Ann Pharmacother. 2011 Dec;45(12):1525-34. doi: 10.1345/aph.1Q370. Epub 2011 Dec 6.
• Background Pambianco DJ. Future directions in endoscopic sedation. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2008 Oct;18(4):789-99, x. doi: 10.1016/j.giec.2008.06.004.

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