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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Patient Controlled Analgesia"”.
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The Development of Standardized Patient Controlled Analgesia Documentation to Improve Patient Care
<p>On a 28 bed post-surgical unit, reviewing patient records revealed only 26% had thorough patient controlled analgesia (PCA) documentation. A pre-quiz no staff knew all of the required components for documentation or which policies to reference and, on average, the staff were only able to …
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REMIFENTANIL PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA USE IN LABORING WOMEN: A FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY STUDY
… Interest in remifentanil patient controlled analgesia (RPCA) as a treatment for labor pain has increased due to its unique pharmacodynamics and effectiveness on pain control among parturients. Despite its promise, RPCA remains infrequently used in the US. The purpose of …
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The Effect of Patient-Controlled Analgesia Education for Patients with Laparoscopy-aided Gastrectomy
… management is an important nursing issue for patients’ comfort. In this context, this research aims to analyze the effect of patient- controlled analgesia education on patients’ satisfaction with pain management after operation. It is a nonequivalent control non-synchronized design. The …
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Patient controlled analgesia and the assessment and control of pain in a coronary care unit
… a challenge to nursing and medical staff as patients experience ongoing pain. This study sought to investigate the assessment and treatment of cardiac pain in a coronary care unit (CCU).<br/><br/>Adequate assessment of pain is a fundamental step in its management. Within this study the …
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Impact of Interruption Frequency on Nurses' Performance, Satisfaction, and Cognition During Patient-Controlled Analgesia Use in the Simulated Setting
… medication administration is a significant patient safety concern within health care, especially during the administration of high risk medications in nursing. Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) devices are frequently associated with adverse events and have a four-fold increased risk of …
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The Comparison of Ondansetron or Dolasetron on the Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Patients with intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia
… nausea and vomiting (PONV) are common problem in patients undergoing breast surgery and incidence are increased in patients with intravenous patient-controlled analgesia(IV PCA). In this study, we evaluated the effect of ondansetron or dolasetron on the prevention of PONV in patients undergoing …
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Efficacy of transversus abdominis plane blocks as part of a multimodal analgesia regime for total abdominal hysterectomies
Patients who undergo a total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) experience a significant amount of pain postoperatively. Several multimodal pain regimes have been used in the past to manage these women’s pain. Neuraxial anaesthesia is usually not a feasible option in these cases, because of the risks …
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Intrasąnarinės ir perineurinės analgezijos metodų veiksmingumo nustatymas atliekant artroskopines kelio priekinio kryžminio raiščio rekonstrukcines operacijas /
Choice of optimal postoperative analgesia technique after anterior crutiate ligament repair remains challenging. Aiming to evaluate and compare the efficacy of intra-articular injection of morphine and neostigmine our prospective randomized clinical study compared pain intensity, consumption of …
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Using an Educational Module and Simulation Learning Experience to Improve Medication Safety
… the medication administration process related to patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) usage. Despite extensive in-service training on a Medical/Surgical (Med/Surg) floor in an acute care hospital, inconsistent, inaccurate and incomplete documentation with use of the new PCA pumps continued to be …
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A retrospective audit of pain assessment and management post caesarean section at New Somerset Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
… establishment of breastfeeding. Multimodal analgesia is the gold standard for post-caesarean section analgesia. At present, no perioperative pain management protocols could be identified for the management of patients presenting for CS at regional hospitals in South Africa. This audit aimed …
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Using silver spike point needle-free electro-acupuncture for postoperative pain management
… pain is affected by many factors including the patient’s age, sex, personality, knowledge of and confidence in the procedure, attitude of the staff, and the individual's physiological condition. The same procedure can produce different degrees of postoperative pain in different patients. Even …
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Η εντατική περιεγχειρητική αναλγησία μειώνει την ένταση, την επίπτωση και τη συχνότητα του πόνου φάντασμα μετά από ακρωτηριασμό κάτω άκρου : μια προοπτική, τυχαιοποιημένη, διπλή τυφλή κλινική μελέτη
… ενδοφλέβια αναλγησία ελεγχόμενη από τον ασθενή (Patient Controlled Analgesia-PCA), μετεγχειρητικά επισκληρίδιο αναλγησία και επισκηρίδιο αναισθησία; (3) Οι ασθενείς της ομάδας PCA/Επι/PCA έλαβαν περιεγχειρητικά ενδοφλέβια PCA και επισκληρίδιο αναισθησία; (4) Οι ασθενείς της ομάδας PCA/ΓΑ/PCA …
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Improving pain management for children
… led to the development of more accurate computer-controlled delivery for maintenance of anaesthesia in children down to age 1 year(Morton et al., 1988, Marsh et al., 1990, Morton, 1990a, Marsh et al., 1991, Doyle et al., 1993c, Runcie et al., 1993, Morton, 1998b, Varveris and Morton, 2002). …