The clinical role of NMDA receptor antagonists for the treatment of postoperative pain

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-98

  De Kock, Marc F ^b   Lavand'homme, Patricia M ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ketamine; N methyl d aspartate (NMDA) antagonist; postoperative hyperalgesia; postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUPRENORPHINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; KETOROLAC; MAGNESIUM ION; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEFOPAM; OPIATE; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PREGABALIN; REMIFENTANIL;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; FACILITATION; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MONOTHERAPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NIGHTMARE; NONHUMAN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

DRUG TOLERANCE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; KETAMINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 33947607998     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2006.12.006     Document Type: Review

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