Preemptive ketamine decreases postoperative narcotic requirements in patients undergoing abdominal surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1086-1090

  Fu, Eugene S ^a   Miguel, Rafael ^a   Scharf, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0030978108     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199705000-00024     Document Type: Article

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