Ketamine Clinical Trials
Comparison Between Ketamine and Tramadol for Pain Management After Major Upper Abdominal Surgery
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Id: NCT02499341
Organisation Name: Attikon Hospital
Overal Status: Completed
Start Date: July 2011
Last Update: July 16, 2015
Lead Sponsor: Attikon Hospital
Brief Summary: The purpose of the study is the comparison between ketamine and tramadol, regarding the analgesia quality and efficiency, in patients receiving Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) morphine, after major upper abdominal surgeries such as hepatectomies, gastrectomies, Whipple procedures and peripheral pancreatectomies. The goal is to bring out an improved analgesia scheme, which can be applied to the clinical work and refine the analgesia provided for major procedures which require increased postoperative opioids doses. In the study, half of patients will receive continuous intravenous infusion of tramadol and Patient Controlled Analgesia morphine and the other half will receive continuous intravenous infusion of ketamine and Patient Controlled Analgesia morphine postoperatively after major upper abdominal surgery. The successful combination of different drugs targets at the improvement of the analgesia provided, the reduction of complications and the exploitation of the pharmacodynamic properties of each drug.
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