Medication errors involving continuously infused medications in a surgical intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 428-432

  Herout, Peter M ^a   Erstad, Brian L ^b  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous infusion; Dopamine; Ideal body weight; Obesity; Observational study; Propofol

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; PROPOFOL;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICATION ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS;

EID: 1242342729     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000108876.12846.B7     Document Type: Article

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