Analgesic effects and pharmacokinetics of a low dose of ketamine preoperatively administered epidurally or intravenously

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 317-322

  Xie, Hong ^a,b   Wang, Xin ^b,c   Liu, Gang ^b   Wang, Guolin ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Elimination half life; Epidural; Ketamine; Maximum plasma concentration; Preemptive analgesia

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; PROPOFOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUXAMETHONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETAMINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042693076     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200309000-00006     Document Type: Article

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