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Table 3 Associated diagnosis in 63 children and adolescents with chronic pain syndromes treated with ketamine in an outpatient tertiary care pediatric centera

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

Associated diagnoses

N (%)

 Psychiatric/psychologic disorders

14 (23 %)

 Trauma

12 (10 %)

 POTS

6 (10 %)

 Diabetes mellitus

4 (7 %)

 Malignancy

4 (7 %)

 Sickle cell

3 (5 %)

 Neurofibromatosis 1

2 (3 %)

 Lyme disease

1 (2 %)

 Chemotherapy-induced neuropathy

1 (2 %)

  1. a Psychiatric/psychiatric disorders recorded included anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and autism spectrum disorder. POTS indicates postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome