Factors Affecting Unused Remaining Volume of Intravenous Patient-controlled Analgesia in Patients Following Laparoscopic Gynecologic Surgery

• Published in: Asian nursing research Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 300 - 304
• Main Authors: Kim, Kyoung Ok, Roh, Ju-Won, Shin, Eun Jung, In, Junyong, Song, Tae Hun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Elsevier Limited 01.12.2014; Elsevier; 한국간호과학회
• Subjects: Administration, Intravenous - adverse effects; Administration, Intravenous - utilization; Adult; analgesia; Analgesia, Patient-Controlled - adverse effects; Analgesia, Patient-Controlled - utilization; Analgesics; drug and narcotic control; Female; Gynecologic Surgical Procedures - adverse effects; Humans; Laparoscopy; Laparoscopy - adverse effects; linear models; Medical personnel; medical waste; Middle Aged; Narcotics; Nurses; Pain; Pain Management - adverse effects; Pain Management - utilization; Pain, Postoperative - drug therapy; patient-controlled; postoperative nausea and vomiting; Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting - chemically induced; Regulation; Retrospective Studies; Review boards; Studies; Surgery; Young Adult; 간호학; South Korea; patient-controlled; drug and narcotic control; linear models; medical waste; analgesia; postoperative nausea and vomiting

This study was undertaken to evaluate the factors affecting the unused remaining volume of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV PCA) in patients who had undergone laparoscopic gynecologic surgery. We retrospectively collected patient records from pre-existing PCA log sheets from 98 patients....