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Patient Controlled Analgesia and its effect on postoperative outcomes in an older cohort of patients undergoing orthopaedic procedures: A retrospective observational study.

Mayura Thilanka IddagodaAndrew NienaberCarina PretoriusLeon Flicker
Published in: Journal of perioperative practice (2022)
In this review, Patient Controlled Analgesia use was common (40% of our sample), and postoperative outcomes such as physical function on day 3, length of stay and discharge destination were unfavourable in patients who had Patient Controlled Analgesia.
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