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Case Reports
. 1976 Oct;31(8):1081-3.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1976.tb11948.x.

Recurrent hallucinations following ketamine

A Perel, J T Davidson
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Case Reports

Recurrent hallucinations following ketamine

A Perel et al. Anaesthesia. 1976 Oct.
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Abstract

Recurrent hallucinations appeared in an 11-year-old boy during 5 days following ketamine anaesthesia. Previous anaesthesia with ketamine and adequate diazepam supplementation did not produce any such effect. The phenomenon of delayed recurring hallucinations is a rare but dangerous side-effect of ketamine, not unlike LSD flashbacks. The described case lends support to previous reports on the value of diazepam in the prevention of post-ketamine perceptual abnormalities.

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