Open AccessDevice-Related Error in Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Analysis of 82,698 Patients in a Tertiary Hospital
Author(s) -
Hwa–Young Son,
Sung Hoon Kim,
Jeong-Ok Ryu,
Mi-Ra Kang,
Myeong-Hee Kim,
Jae Hee Suh,
JaiHyun Hwang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000003397
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , adverse effect , confidence interval , patient controlled analgesia , incidence (geometry) , analgesic , surgery , physics , optics
Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is one of the most popular and effective methods for managing postoperative pain. Various types of continuous infusion pumps are available for the safe and accurate administration of analgesic drugs. Here we report the causes and clinical outcomes of device-related errors in PCA.