Pain relief using smart technology an overview of a new patient-controlled analgesia device.

A new adaptive patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) system designed to improve PCA through the use of a variable bolus dose and a variable background infusion is outlined here. The handset allows patients to rate their pain on a scale of 1-10. Data derived from the handset signals are used by an exper...

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Published in:	IEEE Transactions on information technology in biomedicine 3, 1 (1999).
Main Author:	Rudolph, H.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Clinical staff. Drug dosage. Expert algorithm. Handset signals. Pain intensity. Pain rating. Pain relief. Patient response. Patient-controlled analgesia device. Questionnaire pain scores. Randomized double-blind crossover clinical trials. Smart technology. Variable background infusion. Variable bolus dose. Verbal pain scores.