Impact of the Use of Ketamine in Laparoscopic Surgery.
Status:
Active, not recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
In order to improve the postoperative period (namely pain control), several drugs can be
used. For instance, ketamine is a general anesthetic that holds strong analgesic properties,
yet also owns undesirable effects, in which hallucination phenomena is one the most common
indicator. However, slight information is available about the real implication in the quality
of the recovery on the use of ketamine for postoperative pain treatment. The quality of the
recovery includes several health conditions, such as pain, physical comfort, physical
independence, psychological support and emotional state. In recent years, investigations in
this field has been attracted the attention by the health professionals, since is an
indicator of the quality of post-operative care. To evaluate these parameters, questionnaires
have been developed, in which the Portuguese version of Quality of Recovery 15 (QoR-15) is
include. This questionnaire evaluates five psychometric dimensions. Therefore, the present
study has the main goal, the evaluation of the effect of using ketamine in laparoscopic
surgery and the quality of the recovery using the QoR-15 questionnaire.