EFFECT OF DEMAND FREQUENCY ON LOCKOUT PERIOD - THE ABBOTT-PROVIDER-5500 PATIENT-CONTROLLED ANALGESIA MACHINE

Authors
MILNER AR HARWOOD RJ MILLARD J BOGOD DG CURRAN JP
Citation
Ar. Milner et al., EFFECT OF DEMAND FREQUENCY ON LOCKOUT PERIOD - THE ABBOTT-PROVIDER-5500 PATIENT-CONTROLLED ANALGESIA MACHINE, Anaesthesia, 50(6), 1995, pp. 526-528
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00032409
Volume
50
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
526 - 528
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-2409(1995)50:6<526:EODFOL>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
An Abbott Provider 5500 Patient Controlled Analgesia machine was notic ed to have developed a prolonged lockout period when frequent analgesi c demands were being made. This study tested five other machines and d emonstrated that the duration of the lockout period was influenced by the frequency of analgesic demands. This finding could have clinical i mplications and we recommend that the duration of the lockout period s hould be specifically examined during the testing of patient-controlle d machines.