JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
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Clinical Trial
Patient controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) in postoperative surgical patients: an audit.
We conducted an audit for the evaluation of the effectiveness, adverse effects and degree of patient satisfaction with Patient Controlled Intravenous Analgesia (PCIA) for postoperative pain control in surgical patients. ⋯ Patient controlled intravenous analgesia is an excellent method of postoperative pain relief, which provides a high degree of satisfaction to the patients.