Ketamine and postoperative pain–a quantitative systematic review of randomised trials

N Elia, MR Tramèr - Pain, 2005 - Elsevier

Abstract

Ketamine, an N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist, is known to be analgesic and to induce psychomimetic effects. Benefits and risks of ketamine for the control of postoperative pain are not well understood. We systematically searched for randomised comparisons of …

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