Abstract

Acute pain after surgery is a common problem with multiple consequences. Patients, anesthesia professionals, and surgeons want adequate pain control with minimal side effects. Opioid analgesics are commonly relied upon in the perioperative and postoperative periods to provide analgesia. Large doses of opioids are associated with sedation, respiratory depression, pruritus, nausea, vomiting, and potentially opioid induced hyperalgesia (OIH).1 The use of multimodal analgesia targeted at different pain mechanisms both peripherally and centrally has been reported to decrease pain and reduce opioid consumption.

Author Details

Joseph Edward van den Hoven, DNAP, CRNA

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Non-member

Type

Other Graduate Paper

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Other

Research Approach

Translational Research/Evidence-based Practice

Keywords:

ketamine infusion, Postoperative pain, multimodal analgesia

Advisor

Tritt, Matt

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

Bryan College of Health Sciences

Degree Year

2018

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Faculty Approved: Degree-based Submission

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