Which of the following anesthetic agents is contraindicated in patients with hypeension?
Ketamine produces a increase in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure in a dose dependent manner and thus it is mostly avoided in patients with a history of hypeension. Ref: Irwin and Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine 6th edition, Page 215 - 216; Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies 8th edition, Page 1235 - 1236.
Ketamine
Propofol
Etomidate
Diazepam