Which of the following drug is contraindicated in a patient with raised intracranial pressure?
ketamine increases all the pressures - blood pressure intracranial pressure intragastric pressure intraocular pressure In patients with increased ICP who are breathing spontaneously, ketamine should be used with caution because it can increase ICP and has been repoed to cause apnea. It is contraindicated. Ref: Miller's anesthesia 8th edition.
Thiopentone
Propofol
Midazolam
Ketamine
General anaesthesia