Does adding ketamine to morphine patient-controlled analgesia safely improve post-thoracotomy pain?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-199

  Mathews, Timothy J ^a   Churchhouse, Antonia M D ^a   Housden, Tessa ^a   Dunning, Joel ^b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Ketamine; Morphine; Patient controlled; Review

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; MORPHINE;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; DISORIENTATION; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPHORIA; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NIGHTMARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VIVID DREAM;

ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BENCHMARKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856952852     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivr081     Document Type: Article

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