Research Article
Gender Differences in Adverse Events of Ketamine Drugs: A Real-World Study Based on FAERS
Table 1
Characteristics of adverse event reports submitted for ketamine.
| | Female | Percentage (%) | Male | Percentage (%) |
| Clinical outcome | Death | 115 | 5 | 197 | 11 | Hospitalization | 641 | 26 | 454 | 25 | Threat to life | 124 | 5 | 82 | 5 | Disability | 32 | 1 | 18 | 1 | Other | 1096 | 4 | 835 | 47 |
| Reporting crowd | Medical workers | 502 | 20 | 327 | 18 | Consumer | 830 | 33 | 511 | 28 | Unknown | 1174 | 46 | 956 | 53 |
| Age distribution | ≤18 | 69 | 3 | 92 | 5 | 18∼64 | 1763 | 70 | 1067 | 59 | ≥65 | 280 | 11 | 135 | 8 | Unknown | 395 | 16 | 500 | 28 |
| Country | USA | 1891 | 75 | 1257 | 70 | Others | 610 | 24 | 526 | 29 | Unknown | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
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