Abstract:Pulmonary hypertension is not an uncommon condition in clinical setting. Pulmonary artery (PA) pressure may increase during anesthesia because of the hypoxia, hypoventilation and acidosis. Keeping these factors constant there are also other possibilities which can increase the PA pressure, for example drugs. Among them ketamine is known to increase PA pressure in adults especially when they have baseline increased PA pressure. In few literatures it is claimed that in children ketamine may be safe even in those… Show more
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