Efficacity, Safety and Cost of Intravenous Morphine Titration Alone or Combined to Ketamine

Efficacity, Safety and Cost of Intravenous Morphine Titration Alone or Combined to Ketamine

This is a randomised, controlled, double blinded study comparing in the postoperative setting the analgesic efficacy, the safety and the cost in two groups of patients receiving in the postanesthesia care unit either intravenous morphine titration alone or intravenous morphine titration combined to ketamine.

Randomised, controlled, double blinded study comparing in the postoperative setting the analgesic efficacy, the safety and the cost in two groups of patients receiving in the postanesthesia care unit either intravenous morphine titration alone or intravenous morphine titration combined to ketamine

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age > 18 yrs
• scheduled surgery
• General anesthesia
• ASA I to III
• Able to use a VAS
• No psychological disorders, able to speak french

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age < 18 yrs
• Locoregional anesthesia or analgesia
• Allergia to morphine or ketamine
• Morphine or ketamine contraindication
• Pregnancy or breast-feeding