Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Confidence in Postoperative Pain Control

by Veronica J. Thomas and Margaret Heath

This is a groundbreaking new book on the very latest system of post-operative pain control: Patient-Controlled Analgesia. This technique allows patients, within safety limits set by doctors and supervised by nurses, to get rapid relief by administering their required dosage of pain relieving drug themselves. Current research has shown that the use of PCA brings about a reduction in pain experienced and a shorter hospital stay. Patients also use significantly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192621653
• ISBN13: 9780192621658
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.8"