<prompt> Ketamine causes:HallucinationHypotensionMyocardial depressionDecrease in intracranial pressure  <response>: Ans. a HallucinationRef. Katzung 9th edJ 1604; KDT 6th ed.376 Ketamine is the only intravenous anesthetic that possesses analgesic properties and produces cardiovascular stimulation. It is pharmacologically related to the hallucinogen Phencyclidine; induces a so called dissociative anesthesia characterized by profound analgesia, immobility, amnesia and feeling of dissociation from ones own body and the surrounding. It causes: Hallucination Delusion and illusion. Profound analgesia Ketamine increases all pressures like: BP hypertension Intracranial tension ICT Intraocular pressure IOP It is contraindicated in intracerebral masshemorrhage.MUST KNOW ABOUT KETAMINE: Remembered asKKids: can be given to kidsEEmergence reaction: se occurring during recoveryTThalamo-cortical junction affected: Dissociative AnesthesiaAAnalgesia strongestMMeal: can be given with full stomachIIncrease: BPIOPICTNNMDA receptor blockerEExcellent bronchodilator: inducing agent of choice in asthma patient.Also Know PROPOFOL causes myocardial depression and fall in BP. 