ReviewFrontiers in pediatrics2018
Safety of Patient-Controlled Analgesia After Surgery in Children And Adolescents: Concerns And Potential Solutions.
Review in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- [Clinical practice guideline for perioperative pain management in pediatric low-temperature plasma tonsillectomy].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2026Guideline
- Investigating the Effects of Cuing Medication Availability on Patient-controlled Analgesia Pump Usage in Pediatric Patients: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.The Clinical journal of pain · 2021Trial
- Prediction of Postoperative Pain and Side Effects of Patient-Controlled Analgesia in Pediatric Orthopedic Patients Using Machine Learning: A Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- A Single Center Exploratory Survey of Patients and Nurses on post-Surgical Oral Opioid Delivery Through Patient-Controlled Analgesia.Journal of pain research · 2024Article
- Performance evaluation study of a commercially available smart patient-controlled analgesia pump with the microbalance method and an infusion analyzer.Journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine · 2022Article
- Pediatric Perioperative Clinical Pharmacy Practice: Clinical Considerations and Management: An Opinion of the Pediatrics and Perioperative Care Practice and Research Networks of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of Patient-Controlled Intravenous Analgesia (PCIA) with Sufentanil Background Infusion for Post-Cesarean Analgesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2022Article
- Quo Vadis PCA? A Review on Current Concepts, Economic Considerations, Patient-Related Aspects, and Future Development with respect to Patient-Controlled Analgesia.Anesthesiology research and practice · 2020Review
- Predicting Acute Postoperative Pain Trajectories and Long-Term Outcomes of Adolescents after Spinal Fusion Surgery.Pain research & management · 2020Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is common practice for acute postoperative pain management. Postoperative PCA use decreases pain intensity and improves patient satisfaction when compared to non-PCA routes of medication administration. Although PCA has several advantages regarding efficacy and safety, adverse events remain a concern. Programming errors and protocols, patient monitoring, and PCA by proxy or with continuous infusion are recurring silent dangers of PCA use in children and adolescents. Innovative considerations need to be emphasized for future improvement of PCA devices for elective surgical patients. With technology within the healthcare setting advancing at a fast pace, smart pump technology is something to look forward to.
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