Use and efficacy of low-dose ketamine in the management of acute postoperative pain: a review of current techniques and outcomes
- 1 August 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 82 (2) , 111-125
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3959(99)00044-5
Abstract
Ketamine hydrochloride is a well known general anesthetic and short acting analgesic in use for almost 3 decades. The role of the NMDA receptor in the processing of nociceptive input has led naturally to renewed clinical interest in N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists such as keKeywords
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