S(+)-ketamine for control of perioperative pain and prevention of post thoracotomy pain syndrome: A randomized, double-blind study

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 757-766

  Mendola, C ^a   Cammarota, G ^a   Netto, R ^a   Cecci, G ^a   Pisterna, A ^a   Ferrante, D ^b   Casadio, C ^a   Corte, F Della ^a  

^a MAGGIORE DELLA CARITÀ HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Pain; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ACRAF SPA; CODEINE; ESKETAMINE; KETANEST; KETOROLAC; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; PARACETAMOL; SUFENTANIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POST THORACOTOMY PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KETAMINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864461322     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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