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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
[Patient-controlled analgesia. A technical toy or a contribution to the treatment of pain?].
PCA (patient-controlled analgesia) was used to treat postoperative pain after general surgery and gynecological operations in a total of 82 patients. In a prospective randomized study, 20 of these patients received pentazocine and 20 were treated with Fentanyl. The bolus quantity for pentazocine was 15 mg in 5 ml NaCl, and that for Fentanyl 0.05 mg in 5 ml NaCl. ⋯ The majority of patients reported very positive experience with PCA. There were few side effects. Problems arose from the negative attitude of other doctors and the nursing staff, and from some misunderstandings.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)