Patient–machine interactions of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia in bilateral versus unilateral total knee arthroplasty: A retrospective study
Author(s) -
YuChieh Wang,
Wei-Nung Teng,
I-Ting Kuo,
Kuang-Yi Chang,
WenKuei Chang,
MeiYung Tsou,
Kwok-Hon Chan,
ChienKun Ting
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcma.2013.02.005
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , total knee arthroplasty , sedation , vomiting , patient controlled analgesia , patient satisfaction , nausea , bolus (digestion) , incidence (geometry) , postoperative nausea and vomiting , surgery , arthroplasty , retrospective cohort study , postoperative pain , physics , optics
Continuous passive motion after a major knee surgery optimizes functional prognosis, but causes severe pain. In this study, we assessed the effect of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IVPCA) on postoperative pain management in unilateral and bilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
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