The potential for better outcomes in the treatment of pain for burn patients could come from greater use of nonopioid adjuvant pain medications, such as ketamine, according to researchers of a new study.
Adjuvant pain medications can reduce the amount of opioids necessary to mitigate pain, but most patients aren’t receiving them, according to the trial investigators. In a retrospective analysis of 664 patients who were admitted to the University of Kansas Medical Center’s burn injury