Successful intravenous administration of low dose ketamine for pain caused by erythromelalgia: Report of a case

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1248-1250

  Uchida, Kaori ^a   Arita, Hideko ^a   Hanaoka, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erythromelalgia; Ketamine; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; FOOT; GENDER; HAND; HUMAN; PAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETAMINE; PAIN, INTRACTABLE;

EID: 0036857060     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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