Pain Management Nursing
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 140-145 , December 2007

Right Medication, Right Dose, Right Patient, Right Time, and Right Route: How Do We Select the Right Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Device?

  • Salima S.J. Ladak, RN, BScN, MN-ANP

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Salima S. J. Ladak, RN, BScN, MN-ANP, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, UHN Pain APN Network Coordinator, Acute Pain Service, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, 3 Eaton North, Toronto, Canada.
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  • Vincent W.S. Chan, MD, FRCPC
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  • Tony Easty, PhD, PEng, CCE
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  • Anjum Chagpar, BASc, MHSc

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PII: S1524-9042(07)00110-5

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2007.08.001

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 140-145 , December 2007

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