Lidocaine and Ketamine Infusions as Adjunctive Pain Management Therapy: A Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients Admitted for Pain Related to Sickle Cell Disease

Lidocaine and Ketamine Infusions as Adjunctive Pain Management Therapy: A Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients Admitted for Pain Related to Sickle Cell Disease

ObjectiveIn this study, we aim to evaluate the efficacy of adjunctive lidocaine and ketamine infusions for opioid reduction in the treatment of sickle cell disease in patients with vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC).DesignWe retrospectively reviewed a cohort of 330 adult sickle-cell crisis hospital encount...

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Main Authors: Nicolas A. Zavala, Randall W. Knoebel, Magdalena Anitescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Pain Research
Subjects:
opioid tolerance
lidocaine infusion
sickle cell disease
opioid dose reduction
vaso-occlusive crisis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpain.2022.878985/full

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