OVERDOSE OF OPIOID FROM PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA PUMPS
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Overdose of opioid from patient controlled analgesia pumps.
Two incidence 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.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0007-0912
DOI: 10.1093/bja/68.4.450