OVERDOSE OF OPIOID FROM PATIENT-CONTROLLED ANALGESIA PUMPS
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- 1 July 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 69 (1) , 95-97
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/69.1.95
Abstract
Two incidents have occurred in our hospital when a patient-controlled analgesia pump has accidentally delivered the whole contents of the syringe of diamorphine (60 mg) over a period of approximately 1 h. Electrical corruption of the pumps' program has been identified as the probable cause. All pumps of this type have been modified to prevent such occurrences.Keywords
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