Vital-signs-integrated Patient-assisted Intravenous Opioid Analgesia

Summary

This is a closed-loop system which is embodied in a novel and intelligent algorithm that takes into account patients' vital signs. The system allows better and responsive titration of personalized pain relief together with non-invasive physiological monitoring that measures oxygenation, breathing and heart rate continuously.

Timeline

Start

2016-12-29

Primary completion

2017-05-30

Completion

2025-12-31

Publications

• Sng BL, Tan DJ, Tan CW, Han NR, Sultana R, Sia ATH. A preliminary assessment of vital-signs-integrated patient-assisted intravenous opioid analgesia (VPIA) for postsurgical pain. BMC Anesthesiol. 2020 Jun 8;20(1):145. doi: 10.1186/s12871-020-01060-4.

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