Articles: analgesics.
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Int Anesthesiol Clin · Jan 1986
Review Comparative StudyEpidural versus intrathecal route of opioid administration.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Belg · Jan 1986
Patient-controlled analgesia with piritramid for the treatment of postoperative pain.
Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA, intravenous self-application of narcotics) was studied during the early postoperative period. Subjects were 40 ASA I-III patients recovering from elective major and minor surgery (20 each having undergone abdominal or orthopedic operations). Whenever the patients required pain relief, piritramid demand doses of 2.0 mg were given via the hand-button of a microprocessor-controlled injection pump (On-Demand Analgesia Computer, ODAC). ⋯ Side effects (sweating, nausea, emesis) occurred in about 20% but were usually of minor intensity. No serious circulatory or respiratory problems were observed during the PCA period. Patient-controlled analgesia is discussed as a promising concept for the treatment of acute pain and for clinical pain research.