Perioperative use of ketamine infusion versus dexmedetomidine infusion for analgesia in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery: a double-blinded three-armed randomized controlled trial

Perioperative use of ketamine infusion versus dexmedetomidine infusion for analgesia in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery: a double-blinded three-armed randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Bariatric surgery depends on the development of novel anesthetic techniques to reduce the incidence of complications and improve postoperative outcomes. Ketamine and dexmedetomidine have been used for perioperative analgesia and we hypothesized that they would decrease postoperat...

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Main Authors: Belal Nabil Mahfouz Khalil, Maha Sadek Hussein Elderh, Mohamed Abdel Rasoul Khaja, Ahmed Nagah El-Shaer, Bahaa El-Din Ewees Hassan Ali, Mohamed Osman Awad Taeimah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-04-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
Subjects:
Obesity
Bariatric surgery
Ketamine
Dexmedetomidine
Analgesia
PONV
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-023-02059-3

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