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Gary S Aghazarian1, Romulo Lind, Sara Ardila
1Department of Bariatric Surgery, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando Health, Orlando, FL.
Settings:
Postoperative pain management is an ever-growing challenge with the rise of the opioid crisis. Ketamine is an NMDA channel blocker, considered an alternative to perioperative opioid use; small concentrations are safe. Objective: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of perioperative ketamine administration on postoperative opioid use and the length of hospital stay in bariatric patients.
Methods:
Four hundred (366) charts were retrospectively reviewed; of those, 187 received ketamine and were placed in the Ketamine group, 179 received standard-of-care pain management and were part of the No-Ketamine group. Data was collected using medical databases from July 2020 to January 2021.
Results:
A greater length of stay was recorded in the No-Ketamine group (45.67±20.6 hours) when compared with the Ketamine group (40.6±14.3 hours); P <0.05. The Ketamine group had a mean MME of 17.5±16.5 whereas the No-Ketamine had a mean MME of 22.3±17.7, P <0.05.
Conclusions:
Ketamine may be a feasible alternative to reduce opioid use and hospital length of stay. We believe that ketamine can be an important contribution to ERABS pathways, being responsible for improved outcomes after bariatric/metabolic surgical procedures.
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