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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of 63 children and adolescents with chronic pain syndromes treated with ketamine in an outpatient tertiary pediatric care referral centera

From: Subanesthetic ketamine infusions for the treatment of children and adolescents with chronic pain: a longitudinal study

Characteristic

N (%)

Sex

 Female

45 (71 %)

 Male

18 (29 %)

Age, median (IQR)

15 (12–17)

Race/Ethnicity

 Caucasian

46 (63 %)

 African American

14 (22 %)

 Hispanics

2 (3 %)

 Asian/Pacific Islander

1 (2)

Pain diagnosis

 CRPS

23 (37 %)

 Other Chronic Pain syndromes

40 (63 %)

  Chronic headache

8 (13 %)

  Fibromyalgia

3 (5 %)

Pain location

 Lower extremity

22 (35 %)

 Generalized

10 (16 %)

 Back

10 (16 %)

 Head

8 (13 %)

 Upper extremity

5 (8 %)

 Abdomen

4 (6 %)

 Chest

3 (5 %)

 Testicles

1 (2 %)

  1. aCharacteristics are those at the time of first ketamine infusion. N indicates number, IQR interquartile range, and CRPS indicates complex regional pain syndrome and include CRPS type 1 (N = 21) and type 2 (N = 2)