Efficacy of ketamine in improving pain after tonsillectomy in children: meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

The goal of this meta-analysis study was to perform a systematic review of the literature on the effects of ketamine on postoperative pain following tonsillectomy and adverse effects in children.

Subjects and methods

Two authors independently searched three databases (MEDLINE, SCOPUS, Cochrane) from their inception of article collection to February 2014. Studies that compared preoperative ketamine administration (ketamine groups) with no treatment (control group) or opioid administration (opioid group) where the outcomes of interest were postoperative pain intensity, rescue analgesic consumption, or adverse effects (sedation, nausea and vomiting, bad dream, worsening sleep pattern, and hallucination) 0-24 hours after leaving the operation room were

SUBMITTER: Cho HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4076328 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature