General Physician, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
Review Article
Management of Post-Operative Pharyngeal Pain: Use of Ketamine and Other Agents
Author(s): Milton Damian Moreno Calderon*, Veronica Arango Machado, Ingrid Tatiana Pedrozo Diaz, Natalia Aparicio Rios, Marly Andrea Riobo Galvis and Néstor Fabian Sanabria Duarte
Postoperative pharyngeal pain is considered within the list of ten most frequent complications in anaesthesia. Its wide frequency and associated with the intervention of the airway for surgical procedures, specifically under general anaesthesia makes the study of this complication mandatory to improve the quality of care and patient satisfaction. Multiple postoperative interventions have been studied to reduce pharyngeal pain, but it seems that the best intervention comes from prevention. Multiple pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures must be taken into account for this complication. Ketamine, as an antagonist of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor, due to its ant nociceptive, anti-inflammatory and bronchodilator effect, has been one of the drugs of choice for the studies. Others such as corticosteroids and NSAIDs are also part of the group. Knowing about this pathology will .. View More»
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