Association of Intravenous Ketamine With Thoracic Epidural Analgesia: Effects on Pain and Respiratory Function Following Thoracotomy.

About This Study

Thoracotomy for lung resection is deemed painful. Ketamine is now a renewed interest in preventing acute postoperative pain. A previous study performed in the service testing the association ketamine/morphine versus morphine PCA, postoperative, for patients who do not benefit from postoperative epidural thoracic surgery, has demonstrated a reduction of postoperative pain associated with a reduction of nocturnal arterial desaturation following surgery when ketamine was added to morphine.

Conditions Studied

Interventions

• •ketamine
• •placebo

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

* Subject between 18 and 85 years
* subject of both sexes
* subject operated in the service of thoracic surgery of a lobectomy by thoracotomie lateral or postlaterale subject
* subject operated in settled surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

* Against indication in the epidural insanity,
* confusionnel, patient psychotic
* treatment in the long price by medicine which can interfere on the pain (morphine, antidepressants, psychotropic treatment)

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