The Effectiveness of Ketamine in Pediatric Acute Deafferentation Pain after Spinal Cord Injury

Shiwlochan, Devina G. and Shah, Misty and Baldev, Khushboo and Thomas, Donna-Ann and Debrosse, Maxime and Bhardwaj, Neerja (2020) The Effectiveness of Ketamine in Pediatric Acute Deafferentation Pain after Spinal Cord Injury. Case Reports in Anesthesiology, 2020. pp. 1-4. ISSN 2090-6382

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Abstract

Deafferentation pain and allodynia commonly occur after spinal cord trauma, but its treatment is often challenging. The literature on effective therapies for pediatric deafferentation pain, especially in the setting of spinal cord injury, is scarce. We report the case of a 12-year-old patient with acute allodynia after a gunshot injury to the spine. The pain was refractory to multiple analgesics, but resolved with ketamine, which also improved the patient’s physical function and quality of life, a trend that continued many months after the injury. We suggest that early initiation of ketamine may be effective for acute pediatric deafferentation pain secondary to spinal cord injury, as well as preventing chronic pain states in that population.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Universal Eprints > Medical Science
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 06 Jan 2023 07:55
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2023 05:42
URI: http://journal.article2publish.com/id/eprint/391

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