Efficacy of small doses of ketamine with morphine to decrease procedural pain responses during open wound care

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 561-566

  Arroyo Novoa, Carmen Mabel ^a   Figueroa Ramos, Milagros I ^a   Miaskowski, Christine ^b   Padilla, Geraldine ^b   Paul, Steven M ^b   Rodríguez Ortiz, Pablo ^c   Stotts, Nancy A ^b   Puntillo, Kathleen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

hyperalgesia; ketamine; morphine; procedural pain; wound care

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; MORPHINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURAL PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; WOUND; WOUND CARE;

EID: 80051782404     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318211936a     Document Type: Review

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