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Nurse‐controlled analgesia using a patient‐controlled analgesia device: An alternative strategy in the management of severe cancer pain in children
Author(s) -
KANAGASUNDARAM SA,
COOPER MG,
LANE LJ
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1997.tb01616.x
Subject(s) - medicine , patient controlled analgesia , fentanyl , morphine , opioid , anesthesia , pain management , cancer pain , malignancy , cancer , receptor
Nurse‐controlled analgesia (NCA) using a patient‐controlled analgesia (PCA) device has been described for intensive care and postoperative use. This report describes the effective use of this technique for severe episodic and procedural pain in four children with advanced malignancy and high opioid requirements where conventional parenteral analgesia had been inadequate. Both morphine and fentanyl were used. Average duration of NCA was 6.75 days (range 4–12).