The Use of Intravenous Infusion or Single Dose of Low-Dose Ketamine for Postoperative Analgesia: A Review of the Current Literature

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 383-403

  Jouguelet Lacoste, Julie ^a,c   La Colla, Luca ^a,d   Schilling, Dennis ^b   Chelly, Jacques E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infusion; Intravenous; Ketamine; Low Dose; Postoperative Analgesia; Review

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; APPENDECTOMY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIPLOPIA; DREAM; DRUG SAFETY; GASTRECTOMY; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NAUSEA; NOSE SURGERY; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PROSTATECTOMY; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THROAT SURGERY; VOMITING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

ANALGESICS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETAMINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 84922752966     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12619     Document Type: Article

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