Effect of three different doses of ketamine prior to general anaesthesia on postoperative pain following caesarean delivery: A prospective randomized study

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 442-449

  Bilgen, S ^a   Koner O ^a   Ture H ^a   Menda, F ^a   Ficicioglu C ^a   Aykac B ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Caesarean section; General; Ketamine; Morphine

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HALLUCINATION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NYSTAGMUS; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; APGAR SCORE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84859415137     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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