Analgesic Efficacy of Intravenous Lidocaine and/or Ketamine

Lidocaine group received an IV bolus of 1.5 mg.kg-1 followed by a continuous infusion of 2 mg.kg-1.h-1 intraoperative and 1.33 mg.kg-1.h-1 for 48 h postoperative.

Ketamine group received a bolus of 0.5 mg.kg-1, then 0.25 mg.kg-1.h-1 followed by 0.1 mg.kg-1.h-1 for the first 24 h, then 0.05 mg.kg-1.h-1 for the next 24 h.

Ketamine-lidocaine group received a bolus of 1.5 mg.kg-1 of lidocaine and 0.5 mg.kg-1 of ketamine, a continuous infusion of 1.3 mg.kg-1.h-1 of lidocaine and 0.17 mg.kg-1.h-1 of ketamine was delivered followed by 0.9 mg.kg-1 of lidocaine with 0.08 mg.kg-1.h-1 of ketamine during 48 h, the dose of ketamine being reduced to 0.04 mg.kg-1.h-1 after the first 24 hours.

The control group (C) received an equal volume of saline 0.9 % during 48 h.