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 ...

Patients who arrive at the emergency department (ED) in moderate or severe pain are often given intravenous morphine, administered by a nurse. This is safe and works in the short term but is demanding ...

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 ...

Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) was introduced into hospitals in the 1970s to improve the quality of postoperative pain control, and since then it has been a popular option. Patients like PCA and ...

(HealthDay)—For patients presenting to the emergency department in pain, who are subsequently admitted to the hospital, the cost per hour in moderate or severe pain averted is higher for ...

Zion Market Research has published a new research report titled “Patient Controlled Analgesia Pumps Market By Product Type ...

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 ...

Are you preparing sufentanil and esketamine mixtures for patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) and wondering how ...

The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health and Safety conducted a national survey on patient-controlled analgesia hospital practices. Here are six key findings from their survey. 1. Sixty-five percent ...

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 ...