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A Randomized Control Trial To Assess The Effect Of Aketamineinfusion On Tourniquet Hypertension During General Anaesthesia In Patients Undergoing Upper And Lower Limb Surgery, Joyce Atieno Ongaya
A Randomized Control Trial To Assess The Effect Of Aketamineinfusion On Tourniquet Hypertension During General Anaesthesia In Patients Undergoing Upper And Lower Limb Surgery, Joyce Atieno Ongaya
Theses & Dissertations
Background: Tourniquet hypertension arising from tourniquet inflation remains of primary concern to the anaesthetist. One drug commonly used to manage tourniquet hypertension is ketamine. Several studies show that ketamine attenuated the blood pressure rise associated with tourniquet inflation. None of the studies carried out examined the effect of ketamine on tourniquet hypertension for a period of more than one hour or an infusion of the same.
Objective: To compare the effect of an intravenous infusion of ketamine, versus placebo on tourniquet induced hypertension in patients undergoing upper and lower limb surgery under general anaesthesia
Study design: Single blinded Randomized …