The effect of low-dose intravenous ketamine on continuous intercostal analgesia following thoracotomy

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-38

  Yazigi, Alexandre ^a   Abou Zeid, Hicham ^a   Srouji, Tamara ^a   Madi Jebara, Samia ^a   Haddad, Fadia ^a   Jabbour, Khalil ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Intercostal nerve block; ketamine; postoperative pain; thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; KETOPROFEN; MORPHINE SULFATE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTINUOUS INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK ANALGESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDICATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; LOBECTOMY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHTMARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VERTIGO; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETAMINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84856819969     PISSN: 09719784     EISSN: 09745181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9784.91479     Document Type: Article

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