PMID: 9432904Feb 12, 1998Paper

Methods of the use of ketorolac tromethamine in patients during the early postoperative period

Anesteziologiia i reanimatologiia
R N LebedevaI O Molochnikov

Abstract

Analgesia with nonsteroid antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID) becomes a pressing problem today. One such drug is ketorolak tromethamine (KT), characterized by expressed analgesic activity comparable with that of opioid analgesics morphine or promedol. Our purpose was to assess KT efficacy in analgesia performed by different methods, including analgesia controlled by the patient (ACP) after surgery. In medium severe and strong pain KT was used in group I (n = 60) "as needed" in a dose of 30 mg up to 3-4 times a day, in group 2 (n = 12) by the ACP method, in group 3 (n = 16) KT was incessantly infused in a daily dose of up to 120 mg, and in group 4 (n = 11) KT was injected 3-4 times a day in a dose of 30 mg in combination with morphine ACP. The results indicate a high efficacy of KT: 83% after a single injection. Combined use of KT and promedol decreased the dose by 40-50%. Side effects were observed in 15% of patients: most often it was a sense of fever and sweating (in 4% of patients), nausea and vomiting (in 2%), insomnia (in 2%). ACP and planned injections in a daily dose of 90-120 mg is the optimal method of analgesia in patients after extensive surgical interventions.

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