Ketamine potentiates analgesic effect of morphine in postoperative epidural pain control

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 534-541

  Wong, Chih Shung ^a   Liaw, Wen Jinn ^b   Hing, Che Se ^c   Su, Ying Fu ^b   Ho, Shung Tai ^c  

^a Departments of Department of   (Taiwan)

^b Departments of Anesthesiology   (Taiwan)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

epidural analgesia; ketamine; morphine; postoperative pain control

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MALE; MEPERIDINE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0029842004     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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