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Paediatrics and Child Health, 2009
Abstract Patient controlled analgesia (PCA) is any method of allowing a person in pain to administer their own pain relief. In a hospital setting PCA refers to an electronically controlled infusion pump that delivers a prescribed amount of intravenous analgesic to the patient when he or she activates a button.
Saleem I M Khoyratty +2 more
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Abstract Patient controlled analgesia (PCA) is any method of allowing a person in pain to administer their own pain relief. In a hospital setting PCA refers to an electronically controlled infusion pump that delivers a prescribed amount of intravenous analgesic to the patient when he or she activates a button.
Saleem I M Khoyratty +2 more
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Nursing times, 2002
This overview has addressed some of the key principles relating to patient-controlled analgesia. It is important to remember that PCA will continue to develop in the future and new techniques are being devised. PCA can provide an effective method of analgesia for many patients.
T, Tye, V, Gell-Walker
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This overview has addressed some of the key principles relating to patient-controlled analgesia. It is important to remember that PCA will continue to develop in the future and new techniques are being devised. PCA can provide an effective method of analgesia for many patients.
T, Tye, V, Gell-Walker
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Patient controlled analgesia in adolescents
Pain, 1987Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is a method of administering narcotics in which the patient activates a machine to administer a small bolus of narcotic. In the first year of PCA use in our hospital, 26 patients used PCA. We suggest a dose volume of 0.015 mg/kg/dose and a 4-hour limit of 0.25 mg/kg/4 hr, with a lock-out of 10 minutes.
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JAMA, 1991
Objective. —To assess the influence of a continuous (basal) morphine infusion as part of a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) system on the postoperative analgesic requirement and on recovery parameters following abdominal hysterectomy. Design. —Single-center, randomized, controlled protocol. Setting. —University medical center. Participants. —A
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Objective. —To assess the influence of a continuous (basal) morphine infusion as part of a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) system on the postoperative analgesic requirement and on recovery parameters following abdominal hysterectomy. Design. —Single-center, randomized, controlled protocol. Setting. —University medical center. Participants. —A
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Patient-Controlled Oral Analgesia
Orthopaedic Nursing, 1987Linda Jones, Nancy E. Mooney
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Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Proxy-Controlled Analgesia?
Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2008openaire +1 more source