Comparing two pain pump settings for mixed surgeries
Part of Brain & nervous system clinical trials.
This study compares two ways of delivering pain medicine through an IV pump (called PCA) after surgery. One method gives a steady dose, and the other slowly reduces the dose. The goal is to see which works better and has fewer side effects.
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Who can take part
- You are between 18 and 65 years old.
- You are scheduled for a 'mixed surgery' like thoracoscopic, laparoscopic, hysteroscopy, open abdominal or chest surgery, spinal surgery, or brain surgery.
- You do not have chronic pain or a psychiatric condition.
- You do not have severe heart, brain, kidney, or liver disease.
- You are not allergic to the pain medicines used in the pump.
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