Inadvertent administration of sufentanil instead of fentanyl during sedation/analgesia in a community hospital emergency department: A report of two cases

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1282-1284

  Chisholm, C D ^a   Klanduch, F ^a  

^a METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Fentanyl; Medication error; Sufentanil

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; FLUMAZENIL; MIDAZOLAM; NALOXONE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEDATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033763954     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00476.x     Document Type: Article

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