Double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial of the effect of ketamine on postoperative morphine consumption in children following appendicectomy

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 422-426

  Dix, P ^a   Martindale, S ^b   Stoddart, P A ^c  

^a RD and E Hospital (W)   (United Kingdom)

^b Sir Charles Gairdner Heart Research Institute   (Australia)

^c BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Children; Ketamine

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATIGUE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VERTIGO; VOMITING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETAMINE; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038798513     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.01090.x     Document Type: Article

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