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Pain at the Pump: PCA Offers Patients Greater Control but can Mean Trouble for the Inexperienced Phy
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Title Pain at the Pump: PCA Offers Patients Greater Control but can Mean Trouble for the Inexperienced Phy
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/565459?src=rss
Description Patient-controlled analgesia poses benefits and challenges to hospitalists. What PCA complications, caveats, and safety issues should be considered for pain management routines and hospital protocols?
The Hospitalist
Category Articles > Emergency Medicine
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Date Nov 9, 2007
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