BARCELONA — Intravenous patient-controlled administration of hydromorphone offers better pain control and higher patient satisfaction compared with conventional oral morphine in managing severe cancer ...

Should patient-controlled analgesia be used to treat acute pain in the emergency department? Melzer and coworkers [5] designed a pilot study to determine the role of PCA protocol on timing of ...

Objectives: To describe the first use of intravenous (IV) ketamine as the sole agent in a patient-controlled analgesic delivery system (ie PCA) in a patient with cervical syringomyelia. Setting: A ...

The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety offers complimentary resources to advance patient health and safety initiatives and improve quality of acre. The Patient-Controlled Analgesia ...

Two studies are the first to track the effectiveness of patient-controlled pain relief (PCA - patient-controlled analgesia) in patients from the Emergency Department to the ward. The studies show that ...

Facility-Level Disparities in Radiation Use for Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) has been considered for managing cancer pain; however, limited research has been ...

The Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) pump market has seen a significant surge in demand as healthcare systems increasingly recognize the importance of effective pain management. PCA pumps provide ...

Transitioning chemotherapy administration from the inpatient setting: Creating bed capacity and improving the patient experience. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 Quality Care Symposium.

Studies over the past 15 years suggest that neonates, infants, and children can receive analgesia and anesthesia safely, with proper age-related adjustments in clinical practice and dosing. Although ...

The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety offers a free checklist to prevent errors related to patient-controlled analgesia pumps that harm patients. The PCA Safety Checklist focuses on the ...