Ketamine decreases postoperative pain scores in patients taking opioids for chronic pain: Results of a prospective, randomized, double-blind study

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 925-934

  Barreveld, Antje M ^a   Correll, Darin J ^a   Liu, Xiaoxia ^a   Max, Bryan ^a   Mcgowan, James A ^a   Shovel, Louisa ^a,b   Wasan, Ajay D ^a   Nedeljkovic, Srdjan S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic opioid; Chronic pain; Ketamine; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

HYDROMORPHONE; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 84879500542     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12086     Document Type: Article

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