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CALDERON-VIDAL, Mariana  e  SACOTO GARCIA, Xavier Esteban. Ketamine in acute postoperative pain management. Rev. mex. anestesiol. [online]. 2019, vol.42, n.3, pp.227-227.  Epub 13-Set-2021. ISSN 0484-7903.

Ketamine is an inductor of dissociative anesthesia used for more than 50 years, its use has been variable through the years in our country. Beyond its anesthetic properties, this drug is also use for acute and chronic pain alongside with refractory depression, making its use trendy again. This paper review the present indications in the acute pain field regarding patient selection, doses, adverse events and the safety precautions under an acute pain service scheme (full version visit http://www.painoutmexico.com).

Palavras-chave : Ketamine; acute pain; Acute Pain Service.