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The use of ketamine in the management of refractory cancer pain in a palliative care unit

Author(s) -

Ka Wai Cheung,

Po Chung Chan,

Sing Hung Lo

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

annals of palliative medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2224-5839

pISSN - 2224-5820

DOI - 10.21037/apm.2019.09.09

Subject(s) - medicine , refractory (planetary science) , ketamine , palliative care , cancer pain , pain management , unit (ring theory) , intensive care medicine , cancer , anesthesia , nursing , physics , mathematics education , mathematics , astrobiology

Ketamine has been used as an adjuvant to opioid therapy for the management of refractory cancer pain but the current evidence is insufficient to draw any conclusions regarding its efficacy. We aimed to assess the response to ketamine in patients with refractory cancer pain treated in an oncology palliative care unit.

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