Introducing patient controlled analgesia--the Gloucester experience.
Patient Controlled analgesia is being given more and more consideration as a method of post-operative pain relief. John Wells describes how it was introduced in Gloucester and considers the need for a multi-disciplinary team to oversee and evaluate its effective use.
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D016058:Analgesia, Patient-Controlled / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care