| 单词 | patient-controlled |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspatient-controlled patient-controlled adj. Medicine (of treatment or equipment) controlled by the patient rather than a medical practitioner; spec. designating analgesics supplied intravenously by a pump activated by the patient when pain relief is needed; designating the pump itself. ΚΠ 1957 Jrnl. Speech Disorders 22 748/1 The Rudmose audiometer..is a patient-controlled machine. 1970 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. 107 959 (title) Obstetric analgesia. A consideration of labor pain and a patient-controlled technique for its relief with meperidine. 1991 Lancet 2 Mar. 524/2 Patient-controlled analgesia is effective but requires expensive equipment. 2002 Daily Tel. 19 Mar. 25/2 After surgery, I was provided with a patient-controlled analgesic pump (PCAP). This allowed me to self-administer morphine to deal with pain. < as lemmas |
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