Lidocaine Infusion

Ketamine Infusion

Type of Analgesia Indications Advantages Disadvantages Possible Side

Effects
Low-Dose Provides analgesia Ketamine reduces the Risk of CNS
Ketamine Infusion without anesthesia amount of opioid depression – it is
when given with required for analgesic unsual for ketamine
traditional analgesics effect alone to cause CNS
for patients with depression but it
chronic pain, post- does increase the risk
operative pain, of opiod induced CNS
malignant pain, etc depression

Transplant patients
with chronic pain pre-
surgery may require
high doses of
narcotics for
adequate analgesia –
ketamine reduces
pain without sedation
thereby lowering
doses of opiods
Lidocaine Infusion