Patient controlled analgesia for children with life-limiting conditions in the community: Results of a prospective observational study

The use of patient controlled analgesia (PCA) for children and young people with life-limiting conditions and life-threatening illnesses is an emerging intervention in paediatric palliative care as an alternative to continuous parental infusion with a separate breakthrough analgesia (1, 2). In paediatric palliative care PCA is characteristically a continuous infusion of opioid administered via a programmable pump which enables patients to control their pain by use of on-demand supplemental bolus analgesia (2, 3).

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - February 22, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Ellen M. Henderson, Dilini Rajapakse, Paula Kelly, Tanya Boggs, Myra Bluebond-Langner Source Type: research