Current Status And Application Of Patient-Controlled Analgesia: A Literature Review

Postoperative pain control is an important aspect of postoperative patient management. Although postoperative pain management and its effects have received significant attention in recent decades, it remains a major challenge that can easily be ignored. There are many postoperative analgesic methods, the most common of which is patient-controlled analgesia (PCA). PCA can be divided into mechanical analgesia pumps and electronic analgesia pumps. With the rapid development of Internet technology, wireless remote monitoring and management integrated wireless analgesia system has emerged. It is an Internet-based electronic analgesia pump. This article reviews the advantages and disadvantages of mechanical and electronic analgesia pumps, and the advantages of wireless analgesia systems. Related clinical application indicates that PCA is an effective analgesic method. PCA can not only relieve the pain of patients, but also reduce the workload of the nursing staff. Analgesics can be taken according to the needs of the patient. PCA is an analgesic method suitable for individualized treatment of different patients.