Comparison of patient controlled epidural infusion versus physician controlled epidural infusion for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing major abdominal surgeries.

Journal: Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: For effective patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) without many systemic effects after major intra-abdominal surgeries, optimal analgesic solution, background infusion rates, and settings need to be determined. The primary aim was to compare the efficacy of PCEA versus physician-controlled epidural analgesia (PhCEA) in terms of pain relief after major intra-abdominal surgeries. The secondary aim was, to establish an acceptable PCEA regime, to compare the vitals, amount of drug used, acute pain service (APS) interventions, rescue analgesics, and side effects.

Authors

  • Komal Choudhary
    Department of Anaesthesia, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
  • Kusuma R Halemani
    Department of Anaesthesia, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

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