The Emerging Role of Ketamine in Acute Postoperative Pain Management

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Postoperative pain (POP) is among the most unpleasant experiences that patients face after surgery. Interest in and use of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists for the management of POP has increased over the years with ketamine being the most popular drug of this class.

RECENT FINDINGS: Several randomized controlled trials found that the use of ketamine either alone or in combination with other medications leads to decreased postoperative pain and opioid consumption. However, there are other studies that have not found these benefits. The results as of now suggest that the role of intraoperative ketamine in postoperative pain control varies among different operative procedures. While some studies have shown promise in ketamine's potential use as a postoperative analgesic, there is still a great deal of proposed research and randomized controlled trials needed to deduce the most efficacious and tolerable form and dose of ketamine.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Current pain and headache reports - 27(2023), 9 vom: 28. Sept., Seite 387-397

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Edinoff, Amber N [VerfasserIn]
Askins, Dorothy [VerfasserIn]
Bobo, Elena [VerfasserIn]
White, Kathryn L [VerfasserIn]
Eswani, Zahaan [VerfasserIn]
Jackson, Eric D [VerfasserIn]
Wenger, Danielle M [VerfasserIn]
Kaye, Aaron J [VerfasserIn]
Cornett, Elyse M [VerfasserIn]
Kaye, Adam M [VerfasserIn]
Kaye, Alan D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

690G0D6V8H
Acute pain
Analgesics
Analgesics, Opioid
Journal Article
Ketamine
Opioids
Pain
Postoperative pain
Review

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Date Completed 29.08.2023

Date Revised 29.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11916-023-01134-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358800889