Ketamine-induced muscle rigidity during procedural sedation mitigated by intravenous midazolam

Abstract

Commonly observed adverse effects include transient increases of heart rate and blood pressure, emergence reactions, and purposeless movements [8-11]. A 70-year-old woman with a past medical history significant for end stage renal disease, kidney transplantation, diabetes, hypothyroidism and osteoporosis presented to the emergency department with a complaint of right ankle pain following a mechanical fall.