TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of patient-controlled analgesia with critically ill patients
T2 - a risk/benefit analysis.
AU - Stanik, J. A.
PY - 1991/11
Y1 - 1991/11
N2 - Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA), a system by which patients self-administer intravenous doses of narcotics using specially programmed infusion pumps, has been used for pain management in acute care settings for nearly two decades. The safety and effectiveness of PCA has been documented in many acutely ill patient populations. Its introduction into critical care practice in the last five years has provided an important adjunct to traditional methods of pain management. However, intravenous narcotics of any type can provoke hemodynamic or respiratory complications in these compromised patients. Nursing expertise is a key factor in the successful implementation of PCA in critically ill patients.
AB - Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA), a system by which patients self-administer intravenous doses of narcotics using specially programmed infusion pumps, has been used for pain management in acute care settings for nearly two decades. The safety and effectiveness of PCA has been documented in many acutely ill patient populations. Its introduction into critical care practice in the last five years has provided an important adjunct to traditional methods of pain management. However, intravenous narcotics of any type can provoke hemodynamic or respiratory complications in these compromised patients. Nursing expertise is a key factor in the successful implementation of PCA in critically ill patients.
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U2 - 10.4037/15597768-1991-4014
DO - 10.4037/15597768-1991-4014
M3 - Review article
C2 - 1683246
AN - SCOPUS:0026248578
SN - 1046-7467
VL - 2
SP - 741
EP - 747
JO - AACN clinical issues in critical care nursing
JF - AACN clinical issues in critical care nursing
IS - 4
ER -