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Postoperative intravenous patient‐controlled analgesia improves pain management after subcutaneous implantable defibrillator implantation

Postoperative pain is a major issue with subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators (S‐ICD). In 2020, we introduced intravenous patient‐controlled analgesia (IV‐PCA) in addition to the conventional, request‐based analgesia for postoperative pain… Click to show full abstract

Postoperative pain is a major issue with subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators (S‐ICD). In 2020, we introduced intravenous patient‐controlled analgesia (IV‐PCA) in addition to the conventional, request‐based analgesia for postoperative pain control in S‐ICD. To determine the effect and safety, we quantitatively assessed the effect of IV‐PCA after S‐ICD surgery over conventional methods.

Keywords: patient controlled; postoperative intravenous; intravenous patient; controlled analgesia; subcutaneous implantable

Journal Title: Journal of Arrhythmia
Year Published: 2024

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