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Keep this study
Lead
Mayo Clinic
Age
18–69
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Patients undergoing laparoscopic gastric bypass at Mayo Clinic in Arizona
2. BMI is ≥ 35 kg/m2
3. Consent is able to be obtained as per Mayo Clinic policy
You may not be if
1. Intolerance to ketamine
2. History of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or other psychiatric diagnosis with psychotic features
3. Presence of unstable cardiovascular disease (presence of acute coronary syndrome, unstable angina, hypertension emergency, acute transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke)
4. Presence of acute elevation of intracranial or intraocular pressure
5. Presence of seizure disorder
6. History of substance abuse or addiction
7. Creatinine greater than 1.5 mg/dL
8. End-stage liver disease
9. Pregnancy
10. Patients with chronic pain and/or chronic opioid therapy will not be excluded to more closely replicate the study patient population of interest. However, patients taking greater than 50 morphine equivalents (ME) per day for greater than 1 month prior to surgery will be excluded.
