Why the study?
Does patient-controlled analgesia improve pain scores compared to nurse-titrated infusion of morphine in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery?
Does patient-controlled analgesia improve pain scores compared to nurse-titrated infusion of morphine in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery?
Patient-controlled analgesia provides no significant benefit over nurse-titrated morphine infusion for pain management after elective cardiac surgery.
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Nurse-titrated morphine infusion remains appropriate after cardiac surgery; confirms no advantage of PCA for pain or opioid use in this RCT.
Myles et al. (1994) studied this question.
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