Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
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Many patients experience the discomfort of post-operative nausea and vomiting. This article reports on a survey to find out just how much nurses know about relieving these distressing symptoms.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Patient satisfaction with post-operative analgesia.
The aim of this study was to compare intravenous and epidural analgesia for patients undergoing total knee replacements. Side effects of analgesia were assessed to see whether they influenced patient satisfaction. ⋯ Patients undergoing total knee replacement can have their post-operative pain equally well controlled with either intravenous or epidural analgesia.