Purpose: The magnitude, frequency, and nature of nonharmful and harmful medication errors associated with patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) were studied. Methods: A retrospective analysis of ...

[3] This extra medication assures that the patient is comfortable at the initiation of the modality and will be able to sustain blood levels sufficient to maintain pain relief.

I would work to see medical aid-in-dying legislation enacted. MAID is fundamentally about the right of individuals to make ...

You may be receiving patient-controlled epidural analgesia or PCEA. What this means is that you will be receiving a continuous infusion of the epidural medication and you will also have a control ...

African American patients are less likely than White patients to receive comprehensive pain treatment post- noncardiac ...

Nearly all patients (n=342) received intravenous patient-controlled analgesia with opioids following the procedure. The researchers noted significant reductions in postoperative opioid use over the ...