Open AccessPatient-controlled analgesia and morphine consumption in sickle cell anemia painful crises: A new protocol
Author(s) -
Mesut Bakır,
Şebnem Atıcı,
Hüseyin Yıldırım,
Eyüp Naci Tiftik,
Selma Ünal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ağrı
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2458-9446
pISSN - 1300-0012
DOI - 10.14744/agri.2020.46354
Subject(s) - morphine , medicine , anemia , anesthesia , sickle cell anemia , protocol (science) , consumption (sociology) , intensive care medicine , pathology , disease , alternative medicine , social science , sociology
The sudden and rapidly increasing severity of pain in sickle cell anemia painful crises frequently requires the use of strong opioids. Patients require continuous administrations of various doses (increased/decreased) within the following hours. This study aims to retrospectively evaluate the effects of a structured protocol based on standardized Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) patient demand count on morphine consumption in painful crises.