The use of sub-anesthetic intravenous ketamine and adjuvant dexmedetomidine when treating acute pain from CRPS

Pain Physician

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-368

  Nama Sharanya, B S ^a   Meenan, Daniel R ^b   Fritz, William T ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 agonist; Analgesia; CRPS; Dexmedetomidine; Ketamine; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; ONDANSETRON; OXYCODONE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGITATION; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ARM; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPEREXTENSION; LIMB INJURY; NAUSEA; NYSTAGMUS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNPLEASANT DREAM; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADJUVANTS, PHARMACEUTIC; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANALGESICS; ANTIEMETICS; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

EID: 77954967173     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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