Association of Intravenous Ketamine With Thoracic Epidural Analgesia: Effects on Pain and Respiratory Function Following Thoracotomy.

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2010-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Thoracotomy for lung resection is deemed painful. Ketamine is now a renewed interest in preventing acute postoperative pain. A previous study performed in the service testing the association ketamine/morphine versus morphine PCA, postoperative, for patients who do not benefit from postoperative epidural thoracic surgery, has demonstrated a reduction of postoperative pain associated with a reduction of nocturnal arterial desaturation following surgery when ketamine was added to morphine.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
• Treatments: Ketamine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subject between 18 and 85 years

• subject of both sexes

• subject operated in the service of thoracic surgery of a lobectomy by thoracotomie lateral or postlaterale subject

• subject operated in settled surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Against indication in the epidural insanity,

• confusionnel, patient psychotic

• treatment in the long price by medicine which can interfere on the pain (morphine, antidepressants, psychotropic treatment)