What Is the Role of Ketamine in Postoperative Pain Management?

Motivated by the success of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols in other surgical specialties and the relative contraindications of several typical ERAS interventions in the context of cardiac surgery, Cameron et al. present the findings of a small randomized control trial examining the potential of intraoperative ketamine to reduce both subjective pain scores and opioid consumption in the first 48 hours after coronary artery bypass grafting with left internal mammary artery harvesting.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research