Effect of esketamine on inflammatory factors in opioid-free anesthesia based on quadratus lumborum block: A randomized trial
Jingwei Dai,
Shanliang Li,
Riyue Zheng
et al.
Abstract:Background:
As strong analgesics, opioids provide the analgesic component of general anesthesia, but they have bidirectional effects on the immune system, promoting the production of pro-inflammatory factors. The idea of opioid-free anesthesia is to replace the analgesic effect of opioids in the treatment of acute pain with comparably effective drugs that do not affect the immune system and thereby decrease the production of inflammatory factors. Therefore, this study aims to observe the effect of … Show more
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