Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is a pain-management technique that allows patients to self-administer predetermined doses of pain medication using a programmable pump. 1 This approach offers ...

Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) was introduced into hospitals in the 1970s to improve the quality of postoperative pain control, and since then it has been a popular option. Patients like PCA and ...

With today's current focus on patient safety and medication administration, the ISMP and JCAHO have identified several consistently problematic areas for PCA use: PCA has been used successfully with ...