Yale University
This is a proof of concept pilot study investigating the feasibility and acceptability of patient controlled oral medication administration, using the commonly used and low risk medication in the hospital, oral acetaminophen.
The primary objective of this prospective pilot study is to determine the feasibility of patient-controlled administration of liquid oral acetaminophen using recruitment rate and adherence to the study protocol rate as surrogate markers. Investigators hypothesize that patients will accept the new concept of self-controlled oral administration of liquid acetaminophen, with more than 50% patient enrollment rate and less than 20% withdrawal rate from the study group to the traditional nurse-administered acetaminophen pills. The secondary objective of this study is to determine the preliminary ef…
Inclusion Criteria: Participants * Adult patients older than 18 years old admitted to SRC for total shoulder and reverse total shoulder arthroplasty Nurses * The nurse who will administer acetaminophen to a study patient. Exclusion Criteria: Participants * Pregnant patient * Patients that cannot swallow pills or cannot take liquid (for example due to risk of aspiration) * Emergency surgery * Chronic pain * On home opioids, any other pain modulating medications including benzodiazepine, Neurontin, ketamine. * Past medical or social history of substance abuse disorder, including ethanol m…
650 mg pills
650 mg liquid
Primed and programmed to delivery 650 mg liquid acetaminophen into a medication cup every 4 hours as needed.
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