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Clinical Trial
. 1992;19(1):32-9.
doi: 10.1159/000457460.

Patient-controlled versus conventional analgesia for postsurgical pain relief in adolescents

P D Walson  1 , P S Graves, M E Mortensen, R A Kern, M A Torch
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Clinical Trial

Patient-controlled versus conventional analgesia for postsurgical pain relief in adolescents

P D Walson et al. Dev Pharmacol Ther. 1992.

Abstract

We performed a randomized nonblinded, cross-over comparison of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with conventional intramuscular analgesia in 10 adolescents (13-18 years) undergoing spinal fusion for idiopathic scoliosis. PCA use afforded more effective pain control (p < 0.02) on a 10-point linear pain intensity scale than did intramuscular injections, while causing an equal amount of sedation and no side effects. PCA appears to be a promising technique for providing postoperative pain relief in this group of adolescents. Further studies are needed to define its role for other pediatric conditions.

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