Is the combination of morphine with ketamine better than morphine alone for postoperative intravenous patient-controlled analgesia?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 287-293

  Sveticic, Gorazd ^a   Farzanegan, Farzan ^a   Zmoos, Patrick ^a   Zmoos, Sandra ^a   Eichenberger, Urs ^a   Curatolo, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; CLEMASTINUM; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DIPYRONE; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; KETOROLAC; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; THIOPENTAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VECURONIUM;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG USE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN PRURITUS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT DURATION; UNPLEASANT DREAM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETAMINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37549040577     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000289637.11065.8f     Document Type: Article

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