In December 2008, to prepare for the implementation of the new smart pumps, data on patients who received epidural infusions at UNCH from March 1, 2008, through September 1, 2008, were collected ...

At the time of the decision to purchase the PainSmart pumps, it was expected that they would allow for easy analysis of clinical data captured during the infusion process, thus facilitating the ...

The prominent players in the infusion pumps market are Becton, Dickinson and Company (US), Baxter International (US ... although arterial, subcutaneous, and epidural infusions are occasionally used.

• The infusion pump or the patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump has been set incorrectly or the patient does not understand how to use the PCA pump. Can the epidural analgesia block important ...

A small catheter will then be inserted into proper position and the needle will be removed. This catheter will be taped to your back and connected to an infusion pump, which will provide the ...

The recall spans the Sapphire MT, Sapphire Epidural and Sapphire Plus infusion pumps, nearly 1,400 of which have been distributed in the U.S. In a letter sent to clinical users of the devices ...

An epidural catheter or needle is inserted into this space and drugs can be injected as a once-only dose, as a continued infusion or via a patient-controlled epidural pump. - The injection of epidural ...

Epiva, the pump they created, in collaboration with KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), matches the amount of epidural analgesia administered to the demand of the patient during labour. The ...

ShutterstockMore than 40% of people in Australia who access pain relief during labour use epidurals. That amounts to around 92,000 epidurals a year. They’re also used for pain relief outside ...