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Jonas Åkeson, MD, PhD, EDAIC, ETP
Professor/Sr Consultant
Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
Lund University
Skåne University Hospital
Malmö
Sweden
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
Anaesthesia –
mechanisms
and current practice
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Jonas Åkeson, MD, PhD, EDAIC, ETP
Professor/Sr Consultant
Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
Lund University
Skåne University Hospital
Malmö
Sweden
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
No conflict of interest
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KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
phencyclidine
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KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
phencyclidine
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KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
S-(+)-ketamine R-(–)-ketamine
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KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
racemic ketamine
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KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
racemic ketamine
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Induces a
dissociative
state of
anaesthesia
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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Induces
long-term
neuronal
plasticity
within
the brain
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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May promote
long-term
neurotransmission
by interfering
with protein
synthesis and
postsynaptic neuronal
membrane receptor
density
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
ketamin
.
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
ketamin
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
calcium-
channel
ketamin
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
calcium-
channel
ketamin
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
calcium-
channel
ketamin
BDNF
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
Ca
calcium-
channel
tropo-
myosine-
receptor-
kinase B
BDNF
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
calcium-
channel
ketamin
phosphoinositide-
3-kinase
tropo-
myosine-
receptor-
kinase B
BDNF
mitogen-activated
protein kinase
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
calcium-
channel
ketamin
phosphoinositide-
3-kinase
tropo-
myosine-
receptor-
kinase B
BDNF
mitogen-activated
protein kinase
extracellular
signal-regulated kinase
protein-
kinase B
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
calcium-
channel
ketamin
phosphoinositide-
3-kinase
tropo-
myosine-
receptor-
kinase B
BDNF
mitogen-activated
protein kinase
extracellular
signal-regulated kinase
protein-
kinase B
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
mammalian
target of
rapamycin
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.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
calcium-
channel
ketamin
phosphoinositide-
3-kinase
tropo-
myosin-
receptor-
kinase B
BDNF
mitogen-activated
protein kinase
extracellular
signal-regulated kinase
protein-
kinase B
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
mammalian
target of
rapamycin
glycogen-synthetase-
kinase-3
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.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
calcium-
channel
ketamin
phosphoinositide-
3-kinase
tropo-
myosin-
receptor-
kinase B
BDNF
mitogen-activated
protein kinase
extracellular
signal-regulated kinase
protein-
kinase B
AMPA-
receptor
lithium
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
mammalian
target of
rapamycin
glycogen-synthetase-
kinase-3
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.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
calcium-
channel
ketamin
phosphoinositide-
3-kinase
tropo-
myosin-
receptor-
kinase B
BDNF
mitogen-activated
protein kinase
extracellular
signal-regulated kinase
protein-
kinase B
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
mammalian
target of
rapamycin
glycogen-synthetase-
kinase-3
lithium
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.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
calcium-
channel
ketamin
phosphoinositide-
3-kinase
tropo-
myosin-
receptor-
kinase B
BDNF
mitogen-activated
protein kinase
extracellular
signal-regulated kinase
protein-
kinase B
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
mammalian
target of
rapamycin
glycogen-synthetase-
kinase-3
| 25
.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
calcium-
channel
ketamin
phosphoinositide-
3-kinase
tropo-
myosin-
receptor-
kinase B
BDNF
mitogen-activated
protein kinase
extracellular
signal-regulated kinase
protein-
kinase B
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
glycogen-synthetase-
kinase-3
p70-ribosomal
protein-S6-kinase
mammalian
target of
rapamycin
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.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
calcium-
channel
ketamin
phosphoinositide-
3-kinase
tropo-
myosin-
receptor-
kinase B
BDNF
mitogen-activated
protein kinase
extracellular
signal-regulated kinase
protein-
kinase B
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
glycogen-synthetase-
kinase-3
protein
translation
p70-ribosomal
protein-S6-kinase
mammalian
target of
rapamycin
| 27
.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
calcium-
channel
ketamin
phosphoinositide-
3-kinase
tropo-
myosin-
receptor-
kinase B
BDNF
mitogen-activated
protein kinase
extracellular
signal-regulated kinase
protein-
kinase B
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
mammalian
target of
rapamycin
glycogen-synthetase-
kinase-3
protein
translation
p70-ribosomal
protein-S6-kinase
synaptogenesis
| 28
.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
calcium-
channel
ketamin
phosphoinositide-
3-kinase
tropo-
myosin-
receptor-
kinase B
BDNF
mitogen-activated
protein kinase
extracellular
signal-regulated kinase
protein-
kinase B
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
mammalian
target of
rapamycin
glycogen-synthetase-
kinase-3
protein
translation
p70-ribosomal
protein-S6-kinase
synaptogenesis
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May promote
long-term
neurotransmission
by interfering
with protein
synthesis and
postsynaptic neuronal
membrane receptor
density
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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Maintains
systemic
haemodynamic
stability better
than other hypnotics
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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Maintains
systemic
haemodynamic
stability better
than other hypnotics
by also reducing
sympathetic reuptake
of noradrenaline
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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Does not raise
intracranial
pressure
provided that
hypoventilation
is avoided
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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Maintains
protective
airway reflexes,
and also
skeletal muscle tone,
more than other
hypnotic anaesthetic
drugs
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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Psychotomimetic
adverse effects
during and after
emergence from
anaesthesia
are lower
with S-ketamine
and also with initial
low-dose midazolam
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
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.
NMDA-
receptor
Glu
calcium-
channel
ketamin
phosphoinositide-
3-kinase
tropo-
myosin-
receptor-
kinase B
BDNF
mitogen-activated
protein kinase
extracellular
signal-regulated kinase
protein-
kinase B
AMPA-
receptor
ketamine
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
mammalian
target of
rapamycin
glycogen-synthetase-
kinase-3
protein
translation
p70-ribosomal
protein-S6-kinase
synaptogenesis
| 36
May promote
long-term
neurotransmission
by interfering
with protein
synthesis and
postsynaptic neuronal
membrane receptor
density
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se
| 37
KETAMINE – CURRENT PRACTICE AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
jonas.akeson@med.lu.se

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