Analgesia, Patient-Controlled

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A multicenter randomized controlled trial comparing patient-controlled epidural with intravenous analgesia for pain relief in labor. 
  • A randomized controlled trial of early oral analgesia in gynecologic oncology patients undergoing intra-abdominal surgery. 
  • A randomized placebo-controlled trial of two doses of pregabalin for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy. 
  • A retrospective comparison of programmed intermittent epidural bolus with continuous epidural infusion for maintenance of labor analgesia. 
  • A safe and effective method for converting patients from transdermal to intravenous fentanyl for the treatment of acute cancer-related pain. 
  • Ambulatory continuous perineural infusion: are we ready? 
  • Application of continuous incisional infusion of local anesthetic after major pediatric urological surgery. 
  • Beyond opioid patient-controlled analgesia: a systematic review of analgesia after major spine surgery. 
  • Beyond the hospital: continuous peripheral nerve blocks at home. 
  • Comparison of postoperative pain outcomes after vertical or Pfannenstiel incision for major gynecologic surgery. 
  • Comparison of the morphine-sparing effects of diclofenac sodium and ketorolac tromethamine after major orthopedic surgery. 
  • Continuous interscalene brachial plexus blockade provides good analgesia at home after major shoulder surgery-report of four cases. 
  • Continuous oximetry/capnometry monitoring reveals frequent desaturation and bradypnea during patient-controlled analgesia. 
  • Development and longitudinal validation of the overall benefit of analgesia score: a simple multi-dimensional quality assessment instrument. 
  • Differences in pain management between hematologists and hospitalists caring for patients with sickle cell disease hospitalized for vasoocclusive crisis. 
  • Effect of ritonavir-induced cytochrome P450 3A4 inhibition on plasma fentanyl concentrations during patient-controlled epidural labor analgesia: a pharmacokinetic simulation. 
  • Efficacy of single-dose, multilevel paravertebral nerve blockade for analgesia after thoracoscopic procedures. 
  • Elastomeric pumps for ambulatory patient controlled regional analgesia. 
  • IMPROVE trial: a randomized controlled trial of patient-controlled analgesia for sickle cell painful episodes: rationale, design challenges, initial experience, and recommendations for future studies. 
  • Iliohypogastric-ilioinguinal peripheral nerve block for post-Cesarean delivery analgesia decreases morphine use but not opioid-related side effects. 
  • Imagery reduces children's post-operative pain. 
  • Intermittent epidural bolus compared with continuous epidural infusions for labor analgesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Intravenous methadone in the management of chronic cancer pain: safe and effective starting doses when substituting methadone for fentanyl. 
  • Lumbar plexus and sciatic nerve block for knee arthroplasty: comparison of ropivacaine and bupivacaine. 
  • Opioid patient controlled analgesia use during the initial experience with the IMPROVE PCA trial: a phase III analgesic trial for hospitalized sickle cell patients with painful episodes. 
  • Opioid-sparing effects of a low-dose infusion of naloxone in patient-administered morphine sulfate. 
  • Orthotopic liver transplant patients require less postoperative morphine than do patients undergoing hepatic resection. 
  • PCA safety data review after clinical decision support and smart pump technology implementation. 
  • Pain management in knee surgery. 
  • Parent-assisted or nurse-assisted epidural analgesia: is this feasible in pediatric patients? 
  • Patient controlled analgesia: the relation of psychological factors to pain and analgesic use in adolescents with postoperative pain. 
  • Patient preferences for acute pain treatment. 
  • Patient-controlled analgesia for conscious sedation during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Patient-controlled analgesia in postoperative pain: the relation of psychological factors to pain and analgesic use. 
  • Patient-controlled analgesia. 
  • Patient-specific factors affecting patient-controlled analgesia dosing. 
  • Pediatric PCA: the role of concurrent opioid infusions and nurse-controlled analgesia. 
  • Post-cesarean delivery analgesia. 
  • Postoperative patient-controlled analgesia: meta-analyses of initial randomized control trials. 
  • Preincisional intravenous pentoxifylline attenuating perioperative cytokine response, reducing morphine consumption, and improving recovery of bowel function in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery. 
  • Propofol and postoperative nausea and vomiting. 
  • Remifentanil and pain relief in labour. 
  • Remifentanil and pain relief in labour. 
  • Single-dose extended-release epidural morphine for pain following hip arthroplasty. 
  • The analgesic efficacy of celecoxib, pregabalin, and their combination for spinal fusion surgery. 
  • The effect of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition on acute and chronic donor-site pain after spinal-fusion surgery. 
  • The effect of epidural clonidine on perioperative cytokine response, postoperative pain, and bowel function in patients undergoing colorectal surgery. 
  • The influence of lockout intervals and drug selection on patient-controlled analgesia following gynecological surgery. 
  • Total hip arthroplasty as an overnight-stay procedure using an ambulatory continuous psoas compartment nerve block: a prospective feasibility study. 
  • Total knee arthroplasty as an overnight-stay procedure using continuous femoral nerve blocks at home: a prospective feasibility study. 
  • Use of patient-controlled analgesia to compare the efficacy of epidural to intravenous fentanyl administration. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Gage, Mark, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics
  • Jowell, Paul Simon, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology
  • Nielsen, Karen Cristina, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Ambulatory