Small Dose Ketamine (5 mg) to Prevent Postoperative Pain in Pediatric Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia for Short Procedures

Abstract

Ketamine is an intravenous anesthetic drug used for the induction of anesthesia and to prevent post-operative aches. The purpose of having a look at this is to determine the effectiveness of ketamine in small doses as a postoperative pain reliever.

This examination was carried out in different hospitals in Iraq during the period from November 1, 2024, to March 5, 2025, on 100 adult patients who underwent brief approaches under general anaesthesia. Information was gathered in a standardized format, which consisted of age, sex, type of surgical operation, size of the tube, and mode of ventilation. In addition to the drug used in the course of each stage of anaesthesia, including Premedication if used, induction agents and maintenance marketers, including IV fluids, moreover the essential signs and symptoms in addition to Spo2 (before and after 15 minutes of the method) The records and records had been gathered one by one for each affected person and inclusion standards encompass adult affected person present process fashionable anaesthesia for quick approaches. Pain is a distressing feeling that is frequently because of extreme or adverse stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional enjoy associated with or corresponding to that related to actual or capability tissue damage. In clinical diagnosis, an ache seemed like a symptom of an underlying situation. Conclusion:- Administration of ketamine in a low dose (5 mg) decreases postoperative pain in Pediatric present process the preferred anesthesia for brief tactics.

As a consequence, the records get from Ketamine and non-ketamine display tremendous exceptional; the ketamine institution displays a considerable decrease inside the ache stage.