Patient Controlled Anesthesia

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PCA
Pronunciation
/ˈpeɪʃənt kənˈtroʊld ˌænɪsˈθiˌʒiə/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. Objective To evaluate the effect of different drugs used for patient controlled sedation ( PCS ) during epidural anesthesia.
  2. Patient - controlled sedation with propofol in regional anesthesia
  3. Application of patient controlled sedation-analgesia in fundus operation under local anesthesia
  4. Objective To assess the sedation and side effects of three different drugs applied in patient controlled sedation ( PCS ) in the patients under local anesthesia.
  5. Patient controlled subcutaneous analgesia with ketamine combined with fentanyl and lornoxicam in patients after general anesthesia with remifentanil

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