Patient-controlled analgesia
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Patient-controlled analgesia | |
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Term | Patient-controlled analgesia |
Short definition | patient-controlled analgesia - (pronounced) (PAY-Shunt-kun-TROLD AN-ul-JEE-zee-uh) method of pain relief in which the patient controls the amount of pain medication used. When pain relief is needed, the person can receive a preset dose of a pain reliever by pressing a button on a computer-controlled pump connected to a small tube in the body. |
Type | Cancer terms |
Specialty | Oncology |
Language | English |
Source | NCI |
Comments |
patient-controlled analgesia - (pronounced) (PAY-Shunt-kun-TROLD AN-ul-JEE-zee-uh) method of pain relief in which the patient controls the amount of pain medication used. When pain relief is needed, the person can receive a preset dose of a pain reliever by pressing a button on a computer-controlled pump connected to a small tube in the body. Also called PCA
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Patient-controlled analgesia
- Wikipedia's article - Patient-controlled analgesia
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