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Unintentional Ketamine Overdose Via Telehealth

Johnson, Brett E
; 
Borges, Eric S
; 
Gaspari, Romolo J
; 
Galletta, Gayle M
; 
Lai, Jeffrey T
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Johnson, Brett E
Borges, Eric S
Gaspari, Romolo J
Galletta, Gayle M
Lai, Jeffrey T
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Emergency Medicine
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Letter to the Editor
Publication Date
2024-01-01
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atropine
 ketamine
 overdose
 psychiatry
 telemedicine
 toxicology
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20230484
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The use of ketamine in psychiatry has expanded to at-home ketamine-assisted therapy (KAT) via telemedicine. We report a case of massive unintentional ketamine overdose during at-home KAT resulting in hypoxemic respiratory failure, successfully treated with atropine.

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Johnson BE, Borges ES, Gaspari RJ, Galletta GM, Lai JT. Unintentional Ketamine Overdose Via Telehealth. Am J Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 1;181(1):81-82. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20230484. PMID: 38161298.

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10.1176/appi.ajp.20230484
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/53082
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