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PATIENT-CONTROLLED ANESTHESIA [1 record]

Record 1 2008-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Routes of Administration (Pharmacology)
DEF

A method for control of pain based upon a [programmable] pump for the constant intravenous [...] infusion of a dilute narcotic solution that includes a mechanism for the self-administration at predetermined intervals of a predetermined amount of the narcotic solution should the infusion fail to relieve pain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Voies d'administration (Pharmacologie)
CONT

La pompe ACP (analgésie contrôlée par le patient) permet au patient d'administrer lui-même une dose d'analgésique par voie intraveineuse simplement en pressant sur le bouton de commande, à chaque fois qu'il ressent de la douleur.

OBS

« PCA » est l'abréviation pour le terme anglais « patient-controlled analgesia (or anesthesia) », cependant, cette dernière est couramment utilisée dans les textes français.

Spanish

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