Ketamine treatment for intractable pain in a patient with severe refractory complex regional pain syndrome: A case report

Pain Physician

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-342

  Shirani, Peyman ^a,b,c   Salamone, Alicia R ^c   Schulz, Paul E ^c   Edmondson, Everton A ^a,b  

^a Interventional Neurology Inc   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS); Ketamine; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUPIVACAINE; CALCITONIN; GABAPENTIN; HYDRALAZINE; KETAMINE; LABETALOL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAST APPLICATION; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELBOW INJURY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MIGRAINE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TREATMENT FAILURE; WRIST INJURY;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

EID: 46949084842     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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