[A clinic's experiences in postoperative patient controlled analgesia].
OBJECTIVE
Postoperative analgesia technique varies depending on the operation, patient, anesthetist, and circumstances. PCA (patient controlled analgesia) is an effective way of supporting postoperative analgesia. In this study, we aimed to present the efficacy and safety of our postoperative PCA treatment and the patient profile along with the requirements, preferences and decision-making process.


METHODS
We discuss herein the PCA protocols of our clinic, the overall distribution of operations for which PCA was applied and the principles by which a pain team works.


RESULTS
The operations for which PCA was applied included knee prosthesis, cesarean section, hip prosthesis, lower extremity trauma surgery, painless delivery, gastrointestinal surgery, multiple trauma surgery, thoracotomy, hysterectomy, laminectomy, and urogenital surgery. Postoperative PCA alone was successful in 89% of the patients, and with the supplemental analgesic agent, it was successful in an additional 6% of the patients, thus achieving a total success rate of 95%.


CONCLUSIONS
We believe the epidural and intravenous PCA protocols applied in our clinic for postoperative analgesia are effective and safe.
Atim
Abdulkadir
A
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Gülhane Military Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
Deniz
Süleyman
S
Orhan
Mehmet Emin
ME
Sizlan
Ali
A
Kurt
Ercan
E
D016058:Analgesia, Patient-Controlled / Q000379:methods*; D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D002585:Cesarean Section; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery
D000700:Analgesics