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Analgesia
Recommendations made on safety of cancer patient-controlled analgesia
February 14th, 2006
Recommendations on safety of cancer patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) were made. According to a study from the United States, "Between February 1999 and December 2003, we studied the use of PCA to control pain in 1011 children and young adults with cancer, by evaluating 4972 24-h periods of PCA usage, 576 of which involved PCA by proxy. Selection of patients for PCA by proxy was based on younger age group, neuromuscular limitation, expectation of repeated painful procedures, and terminal disease." "We measured the incidence of respiratory and neurological complications related to the use of PCA. Major complications were observed during 70 of the...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-02-14)
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