Intravenous Ketamine and Postoperative Pain Following Cesarean Section.

Phase 2 Unknown 80 enrolled Assiut University

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the analgesic effect of low-dose intravenous ketamine in pregnant mothers undergoing cesarean section under Bupivacaine spinal anesthesia.

Timeline

Start: 2017-01
Primary completion: 2017-06
Completion: 2017-10

Publications

Background El-Tahan MR, Warda OM, Yasseen AM, Attallah MM, Matter MK. A randomized study of the effects of preoperative ketorolac on general anaesthesia for caesarean section. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2007 Jul;16(3):214-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2007.01.012. Epub 2007 Apr 24.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Ketamine	Small molecule	0.25 mg/kg	Intravenous

Indications

No indication recorded.