Oral ketamine for pain relief in a child with abdominal malignancy

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 120-121

  Ugur, Fatih ^a   Gulcu, Nebahat ^b   Boyaci, Adem ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Child; Ketamine; Oral

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 59649101874     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2008.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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