Epidural ketamine for postoperative analgesia in the elderly

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1369-1378

  El Shobary, Hanan M ^a   Sonbul, Zainaib M ^b   Schricker, Thomas P ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Elderly; Epidural ketamine; Postoperative analgesia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; KETAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58049174904     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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