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Anwar S, Cooper J, Rahman J, Sharma C, Langford R. Prolonged perioperative use of pregabalin and ketamine to prevent persistent pain after cardiac surgery. Anesthesiology. 2019 Jul;131(1):119-31.

Barreveld, A.M., Correll, D.J., Liu, X., Max, B., McGowan, J.A., Shovel, L., Wasan, A.D. and Nedeljkovic, S.S., 2013. Ketamine decreases postoperative pain scores in patients taking opioids for chronic pain: results of a prospective, randomized, double-blind study. Pain Medicine, 14(6), pp.925-934.

Pickering, A.E. and McCabe, C.S., 2014. Prolonged ketamine infusion as a therapy for complex regional pain syndrome: synergism with antagonism?. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 77(2), p.233.

Bouwense, S.A., Buscher, H.C., van Goor, H. and Wilder-Smith, O.H., 2011. S-ketamine modulates hyperalgesia in patients with chronic pancreatitis pain. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, 36(3), pp.303-307.

Joseph, C., Gaillat, F., Duponq, R., Lieven, R., Baumstarck, K., Thomas, P., Penot-Ragon, C. and Kerbaul, F., 2012. Is there any benefit to adding intravenous ketamine to patient-controlled epidural analgesia after thoracic surgery? A randomized double-blind study. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 42(4), pp.e58-e65.

Cohen, S.P., Bhatia, A., Buvanendran, A., Schwenk, E.S., Wasan, A.D., Hurley, R.W., Viscusi, E.R., Narouze, S., Davis, F.N., Ritchie, E.C. and Lubenow, T.R., 2018. Consensus guidelines on the use of intravenous ketamine infusions for chronic pain from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, 43(5), pp.521-546.

Corwell, B.N., Motov, S.M., Davis, N.L. and Kim, H.K., 2022. Novel uses of ketamine in the emergency department. Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, 21(8), pp.1009-1025.

Czarnetzki, C., Desmeules, J., Tessitore, E., Faundez, A., Chabert, J., Daali, Y., Fournier, R., Dupuis‐Lozeron, E., Cedraschi, C. and Richard Tramèr, M., 2020. Perioperative intravenous low‐dose ketamine for neuropathic pain after major lower back surgery: A randomized, placebo‐controlled study. European Journal of Pain, 24(3), pp.555-567.

Dadabayev, A.R., Joshi, S.A., Reda, M.H., Lake, T., Hausman, M.S., Domino, E. and Liberzon, I., 2020. Low dose ketamine infusion for comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic pain: a randomized double-blind clinical trial. Chronic Stress, 4, p.2470547020981670.

Dove, D., Fassassi, C., Davis, A., Drapkin, J., Butt, M., Hossain, R., Kabariti, S., Likourezos, A., Gohel, A., Favale, P. and Silver, M., 2021. Comparison of nebulized ketamine at three different dosing regimens for treating painful conditions in the emergency department: a prospective, randomized, double-blind clinical trial. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 78(6), pp.779-787.

Eichenberger, U., Neff, F., Sveticic, G., Björgo, S., Petersen-Felix, S., Arendt-Nielsen, L. and Curatolo, M., 2008. Chronic phantom limb pain: the effects of calcitonin, ketamine, and their combination on pain and sensory thresholds. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 106(4), pp.1265-1273.

Jain, S., Nazir, N. and Mustafi, S.M., 2022. Preemptive low-dose intravenous ketamine in the management of acute and chronic postoperative pain following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective randomized control study. Medical gas research, 12(4), p.141.

Kugler, N.W., Carver, T.W., Juul, J., Peppard, W.J., Boyle, K., Drescher, K.M., Szabo, A., Rein, L., Somberg, L.B. and Paul, J.S., 2019. Ketamine infusion for pain control in elderly patients with multiple rib fractures: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 87(5), pp.1181-1188.

Arendt-Nielsen, L., Mansikka, H., Staahl, C., Rees, H., Tan, K., Smart, T.S., Monhemius, R., Suzuki, R. and Drewes, A.M., 2011. A translational study of the effects of ketamine and pregabalin on temporal summation of experimental pain. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, 36(6), pp.585-591.

Lemming, D., Sörensen, J., Graven-Nielsen, T., Arendt-Nielsen, L. and Gerdle, B., 2005. The responses to pharmacological challenges and experimental pain in patients with chronic whiplash-associated pain. The Clinical journal of pain, 21(5), pp.412-421.

Loftus, R.W., Yeager, M.P., Clark, J.A., Brown, J.R., Abdu, W.A., Sengupta, D.K. and Beach, M.L., 2010. Intraoperative ketamine reduces perioperative opiate consumption in opiate-dependent patients with chronic back pain undergoing back surgery. The Journal of the American Society Of Anesthesiologists, 113(3), pp.639-646.

Nath, T.S. and Nath, T.S., 2022. Effectiveness of Low-Dose Ketamine Infusion in Opioid Refractory Cancer Pain: A Case Report. Cureus, 14(11).

Noppers, I., Niesters, M., Aarts, L., Smith, T., Sarton, E. and Dahan, A., 2010. Ketamine for the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain. Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy, 11(14), pp.2417-2429.

Oga, K., Kojima, T., Matsuura, M., Nagashima, M., Kato, J., Saeki, S. and Ogawa, S., 2002. Effects of low‐dose ketamine on neuropathic pain: An electroencephalogram–electrooculogram/behavioral study. Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 56(4), pp.355-363.

Peyton, P.J., Wu, C., Jacobson, T., Hogg, M., Zia, F. and Leslie, K., 2017. The effect of a perioperative ketamine infusion on the incidence of chronic postsurgical pain—a pilot study. Anaesthesia and intensive care, 45(4), pp.459-465.

Persson, J., Hasselström, J., Wiklund, B., Heller, A., Svensson, J.O. and Gustafsson, L.L., 1998. The analgesic effect of racemic ketamine in patients with chronic ischemic pain due to lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans. Acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica, 42(7), pp.750-758.

Rakhman, E., Shmain, D., White, I., Ekstein, M.P., Kollender, Y., Chazan, S., Dadia, S., Bickels, J., Amar, E. and Weinbroum, A.A., 2011. Repeated and escalating preoperative subanesthetic doses of ketamine for postoperative pain control in patients undergoing tumor resection: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial. Clinical therapeutics, 33(7), pp.863-873.

Remérand, F., Le Tendre, C., Baud, A., Couvret, C., Pourrat, X., Favard, L., Laffon, M. and Fusciardi, J., 2009. The early and delayed analgesic effects of ketamine after total hip arthroplasty: a prospective, randomized, controlled, double-blind study. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 109(6), pp.1963-1971.

Strong, C.E. and Kabbaj, M., 2018. On the safety of repeated ketamine infusions for the treatment of depression: effects of sex and developmental periods. Neurobiology of stress, 9, pp.166-175.

Szymkowicz, S.M., Finnegan, N. and Dale, R.M., 2013. A 12-month naturalistic observation of three patients receiving repeat intravenous ketamine infusions for their treatment-resistant depression. Journal of affective disorders, 147(1-3), pp.416-420.

Tena, B., Gomar, C. and Rios, J., 2014. Perioperative epidural or intravenous ketamine does not improve the effectiveness of thoracic epidural analgesia for acute and chronic pain after thoracotomy. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 30(6), pp.490-500.

Yazigi, A., Abou-Zeid, H., Srouji, T., Madi-Jebara, S., Haddad, F. and Jabbour, K., 2012. The effect of low-dose intravenous ketamine on continuous intercostal analgesia following thoracotomy. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 15(1), p.32.