Journal of clinical nursing
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Comparing effects of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia and intravenous injection in patients who have undergone total hysterectomy.
To compare the effects of two pain management methods, intravenous patient-controlled analgesia and conventional intravenous injection, in terms of pain level, adverse reactions experienced, nursing care time spent for pain management, satisfaction with pain management and total cost of pain management for patients who underwent total abdominal hysterectomy. ⋯ For nurses caring for patients with pain, adaptation of diverse methods of pain management that will increase patients' satisfaction with pain management as well as lower the cost and occurrence of adverse reactions should be considered.