Many anesthesiologists use the Remifentanil for reducing a surgical pain and stabilizing a vital sign. However, this drug induce postoperative hyperalgesia. Nowadays, many studies report that low-dose Ketamine prevents the opioid-induces hyperalgesia. Nefopam,which is non-opioid analgesic, has similar mechanism with Ketamine. It will be helpful for postoperative pain control, and reduce the needs of opioid.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
60
Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospita
Seoul, South Korea
RECRUITINGanalgesic requirement
Time frame: During 1 hour at PACU
duration of analgesic free
Time frame: During 1 hour at PACU
analgesic requirement
Time frame: During 8 hours after arriving at ward
Pain on the VAS scale
Time frame: During 1 hour at PACU
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