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Ketamine Use for Pediatric

ACPE Activity Number:  0204-0000-23-087-H08-P
Release Date: 04/29/2023
Expiration Date: 04/29/2025
Activity Type: Knowledge-based
CE Credits:  0.5 contact hour, no partial credit
Activity Fee: Member – Free / Non-Member – Not Available 

Activity Overview 

Pharmacists providing care for pediatric patients with acute pain or procedural sedation needs face evolving standards of care.  As a result, many pharmacists are unaware of, and do not practice according to, the most current guidelines and evidence.  With the most current information and effective practice strategies, pharmacists can improve their treatment of pediatric patients with acute pain and sedation needs.   

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education with Commendation.

These activities were planned to meet the educational needs of pharmacists involved in acute management of patients requiring pain control and procedural sedation. 

After completing this activity, the learner should be able to…

  • Identify appropriate indications for pediatric ketamine use in a variety of clinical settings.
  • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of ketamine use in the pediatric population.
  • Describe dosing, routes of administration, and monitoring considerations for ketamine in pediatric patients.  

  • Introduction and Announcements 

  • Presentation  

Morgan Taylor, PharmD, BCPPS
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Pharmacy Specialist
SSM Health Cardinal
Glennon Children’s Hospital
St. Louis, MO 

Sarah Schuchard, PharmD, BCPPS
Oncology Pharmacy Specialist
SSM Health Cardinal
Glennon Children’s Hospital
St. Louis, MO 

Bhavik M. Shah, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
Associate Professor
Jefferson College of Pharmacy
Philadelphia, PA 

In accordance with our accreditor’s Standards of Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ASHP requires that all individuals in control of content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if they have had a financial relationship with an ineligible company in any dollar amount in the past 24 months and the educational content that the individual controls is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. 

An ineligible company is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The presence or absence of relevant financial relationships will be disclosed to the activity audience. 

  • No one in control of the content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship (RFR) with an ineligible company. 

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