Preoperative Ketamine Improves Postoperative Analgesia after Gynecologic Laparoscopic Surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1044-1049

  Kwok, Rebecca F K ^a   Lim, Jean ^a   Chan, Matthew T V ^b   Gin, Tony ^b   Chiu, Wallace K Y ^a  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; MORPHINE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; WOUND;

EID: 1642543374     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000105911.66089.59     Document Type: Article

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