標題: | iPCA: an integration information system for patient controlled analgesia using wireless techniques |
作者: | Yang, Shu-Fen Ku, Tien-Hsiung Jeng, Andy An-Kai Jan, Rong-Hong Tseng, Yu-Chee Wang, Kuo-Chen Hu, Yuh-Jyh 資訊工程學系 Department of Computer Science |
關鍵字: | wireless sensor networks;network integration;patient controlled analgesia;home healthcare;data mining |
公開日期: | 2013 |
摘要: | Recently, pain management has become an important aspect of medical care. Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) is a particularly effective and flexible treatment that allows patients to adjust the dosages of the analgesics that control their pain after surgery. However, PCA requires manual operation for sustained attention, and should be analysed with other pathology information for synergic usage. In this paper, we propose an integrated information system for pain management, called Integrated Patient Controlled Analgesia (iPCA). The system integrates various PCA-related devices by wireless techniques to provide real-time information for medial staffs, and offer more efficient and convenient pain control for both in-hospital and at-home patients. To evaluate our system, we have developed a prototype and conducted a series of field trails at a large private hospital in southern Taiwan. The results show that the iPCA system indeed works well with patients, and can provide better post-operative pain control by efficiently collecting PCA usage information. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11536/21952 http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJAHUC.2013.054016 |
ISSN: | 1743-8225 |
DOI: | 10.1504/IJAHUC.2013.054016 |
期刊: | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AD HOC AND UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING |
Volume: | 13 |
Issue: | 1 |
起始頁: | 48 |
結束頁: | 58 |
顯示於類別: | 期刊論文 |