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Table 2 Comparisons of incidence of other side effects

From: Efficacy and safety of prophylactic use of ketamine for prevention of postanesthetic shivering: a systematic review and meta analysis

Side effccts

Number of studies

Ketamine

Placebo

 
  

Events/Total

Events/Total

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Nausea and vomitting

11

48/523

57/463

0.70 [0.44, 1.12]

Hypotension

6

23/302

61/271

0.30 [0.18, 0.49]

Bradycardia

2

3/112

11/81

0.14 [0.04, 0.52]

Hallucination

5

16/272

0/151

4.41 [1.14, 17.07]

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval