-
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Patient satisfaction with post-operative analgesia.
- M Nendick.
- Clinical Oncology Directorate, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton.
- Nurs Stand. 2000 Feb 16;14(22):32-7.
AimThe aim of this study was to compare intravenous and epidural analgesia for patients undergoing total knee replacements. Side effects of analgesia were assessed to see whether they influenced patient satisfaction.MethodPatients were randomly allocated to either the intravenous or epidural group. Their experience of pain was assessed using visual analogue scales and a questionnaire.ResultsThere was no evidence to support claims that epidural analgesia provides more consistent pain relief and more rapid rehabilitation. There was no correlation between length of stay and the route by which post-operative analgesia was administered.ConclusionPatients undergoing total knee replacement can have their post-operative pain equally well controlled with either intravenous or epidural analgesia.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..