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Vadivelu N, Schermer E, Kodumudi V, et al. Role of ketamine for analgesia in adults and children. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2016;32(3):298-306doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.168149.
Vadivelu, N., Schermer, E., Kodumudi, V., Belani, K., Urman, R. D., & Kaye, A. D. (2016). Role of ketamine for analgesia in adults and children. Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology, 32(3), 298-306. https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.168149
Vadivelu, Nalini, et al. "Role of ketamine for analgesia in adults and children." Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology vol. 32,3 (2016): 298-306. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.168149
Vadivelu N, Schermer E, Kodumudi V, Belani K, Urman RD, Kaye AD. Role of ketamine for analgesia in adults and children. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Jul-Sep;32(3):298-306. doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.168149. PMID: 27625475; PMCID: PMC5009833.
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J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Jul-Sep;32(3):298-306. doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.168149.

Role of ketamine for analgesia in adults and children.

Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology

Nalini Vadivelu, Erika Schermer, Vijay Kodumudi, Kumar Belani, Richard D Urman, Alan David Kaye

Affiliations

  1. Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
  2. Program of Applied Translational Research, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
  3. University of Connecticut, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Storrs, CT, USA.
  4. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA.
  5. Department of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
  6. Department of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.

PMID: 27625475 PMCID: PMC5009833 DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.168149

Abstract

Ketamine an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor blocking agent and a dissociative anesthetic with neurostimulatory side effects. In recent years, multiple research trials as well as systematic reviews and meta-analyses suggest the usefulness of ketamine as a strong analgesic used in subanesthetic intravenous doses, and also as a sedative. In addition, ketamine was noted to possess properties of anti-tolerance, anti-hyperalgesia and anti-allodynia most likely secondary to inhibition of the NMDA receptors. Tolerance, hyperalgesia and allodynia phenomena are the main components of opioid resistance, and pathological pain is often seen in the clinical conditions involving neuropathic pain, opioid-induced hyperalgesia, and central sensitization with allodynia or hyperalgesia. All these conditions are challenging to treat. In low doses, ketamine does not have major adverse dysphoric effects and also has the favorable effects of reduced incidence of opioid-induced nausea and vomiting. Therefore, ketamine can be a useful adjunct for pain control after surgery. Additional studies are required to determine the role of ketamine in the immediate postoperative period after surgical interventions known to produce severe pain and in the prevention and treatment of chronic pain.

Keywords: Analgesia; N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor; ketamine; periperative; side effects

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

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