Role of Ketamine in Acute Postoperative Pain Management: A Narrative Review

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Radvansky, Brian M ^a   Shah, Khushbu ^a   Parikh, Anant ^a   Sifonios, Anthony N ^a   Le, Vanny ^a   Eloy, Jean D ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; OPIATE; ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABNORMAL SENSATION; ACIDOSIS; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; CLEFT PALATE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CYSTITIS; DIPLOPIA; DISORIENTATION; DIZZINESS; DREAMING; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSPHORIA; DYSURIA; EYE SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL SURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHARMACODYNAMICS; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROPOFOL INFUSION SYNDROME; RACEMIC MIXTURE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SPINE SURGERY; STEREOISOMERISM; SUPRAPUBIC PAIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THORAX SURGERY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ACUTE PAIN; ANALGESIA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREMEDICATION; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE PAIN; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84944212076     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/749837     Document Type: Review

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