PCA (patient-controlled analgesia)
                        
                            GPTKB entity
                        
                    
                Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object | 
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:medical_device gptkb:pain_management_technique | 
| gptkbp:administeredBy | patients | 
| gptkbp:alternativeTo | nurse-administered analgesia | 
| gptkbp:canBe | adjuvant medications non-opioid analgesics | 
| gptkbp:contraindication | cognitive impairment inability to understand instructions | 
| gptkbp:controlledBy | patient | 
| gptkbp:deliveredBy | gptkb:morphine gptkb:hydromorphone opioids fentanyl analgesic medication | 
| gptkbp:feature | basal rate demand dose lockout interval programmable dose | 
| gptkbp:inventedBy | 1970s | 
| gptkbp:monitors | nursing staff | 
| gptkbp:reduces | delay in pain relief nursing workload | 
| gptkbp:requires | patient education | 
| gptkbp:riskFactor | nausea pruritus overdose respiratory depression | 
| gptkbp:routeOfAdministration | subcutaneous intravenous epidural | 
| gptkbp:usedBy | patients | 
| gptkbp:usedFor | pain control | 
| gptkbp:usedIn | acute pain cancer pain postoperative pain | 
| gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:GemStar_infusion_system | 
| gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 | 
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | PCA (patient-controlled analgesia) |