Open AccessPreemptive analgesia with ketamine for laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Author(s) -
Harsimran Singh,
Sandeep Kundra,
Rupinder M Singh,
Anju Grewal,
Tej K Kaul,
Dinesh Sood
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.119141
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , ketamine , analgesic , perioperative , visual analogue scale , postoperative nausea and vomiting , nausea , vomiting , morphine , cholecystectomy , propofol , saline , surgery
The aim of preemptive analgesia is to reduce central sensitization that arises from noxious inputs across the entire perioperative period. N-methyl d-aspartate receptor antagonists have the potential for attenuating central sensitization and preventing central neuroplasticity.