IVPCA in the Management of Pain Following Major Intracranial Surgery

"PCA fentanyl 0.5 ug/kg with a dosing interval (lockout) of 15 minutes and a maximal permitted dosage of 4 demand doses per hour, according to their randomized preoperative assignment. The PCA pump (CADD-Solis Ambulatory Infusion Pump; Smiths Medical, Dublin, OH) had a preprogrammed dose limit of 50 ug fentanyl, and this was the maximal PCA dose permitted"

IV fentanyl 25 to 50 ug every 30 minutes PRN (the maximal routine dose permitted in our Neurosciences Critical Care Unit (NCCU))