Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2016

Comments

This article has been peer reviewed. It is the authors' final version prior to publication in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volume 41, Issue 4, June 2016, Pages 482-487

The published version is available at DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000416 Copyright © American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Abstract

High-dose opioid administration is associated with significant adverse events. Evidence suggests that low-dose ketamine infusions improve perioperative analgesia over conventional opioid management, but usage is highly variable. Ketamine's adverse drug effects (ADEs) are well known, but their prevalence during low-dose infusions in a clinical setting and how often they lead to infusion discontinuation are unknown. The purposes of this study were 3-fold: (1) to identify patient factors associated with initiation of ketamine infusions during spine surgery, (2) to identify specific spine procedures in which ketamine has been used most frequently, and (3) to identify ADEs associated with postoperative ketamine infusions and which ADEs most frequently led to discontinuation. Spine surgery was chosen because of its association with moderate to severe pain and a relatively high use of ketamine infusions in this population at our hospital.

PubMed ID

27281730

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