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Intravenous regional anaesthesia with ketamine
Author(s) -
Amiot J.F.,
Palacci J.H.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1985.tb11056.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ketamine , regional anaesthesia , tourniquet , anesthesia , intravenous regional anesthesia , (+) naloxone , surgery , opioid , receptor
Summary Ketamine, 40 ml 0.5% solution, was used in the technique of intravenous regional anaesthesia in 14 patients undergoing upper limb surgery. Satisfactory analgesia was obtained in 12 of the patients. The method is limited by the fact that all patients became unconscious within a few minutes of tourniquet release, and that this could not be prevented by naloxone.