Ketamine For Postoperative Pain Management

Greta Kasputytė, Aurika Karbonskienė Abstract Effective postoperative pain management enhances early postoperative rehabilitation and may improve outcomes of surgical treatment. New analgetic medications and combinations of these are sought for optimal analgesia with lowest possible incidence of side effects. Ketamine is an old general anaesthetic. Low doses of it might be used as a adjunct…