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Effect of intraoperative infusion of low-dose ketamine on management of postoperative analgesia
Author(s) -
Sarvjeet Kaur,
Richa Saroa,
Shobha Aggarwal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.160012
Subject(s) - medicine , ketamine , anesthesia , sedation , analgesic , nausea , perioperative , opioid , vomiting , morphine , bolus (digestion) , patient controlled analgesia , saline , surgery , receptor
Use of opioids for perioperative analgesia is associated with sedation, respiratory depression and postoperative nausea and vomiting. N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist such as ketamine has both analgesic and antihyperalgesic properties. We studied the effect of intraoperative infusion of low-dose ketamine on postoperative analgesia and its management with opioids.