Postoperative pain therapy with hydromorphone; comparison of patient-controlled analgesia with target-controlled infusion and standard patient-controlled analgesia: A randomised controlled trial

CONCLUSION TCI-PCA was effective and well tolerated in acute postoperative pain management after cardiac surgery. Further studies are needed to evaluate this approach in clinical practice. TRIAL REGISTRATION EudraCT Number: 2013-002875-16, and ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02035709.
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Pain Source Type: research