Repeated improper intravenous injection of fentanyl from a transdermal system;Mehrfache missbräuchliche intravenöse Injektion von Fentanyl aus einem transdermalen System

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 129, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 313-314

  Jost, U ^a   Wolter, E ^a   Bohrer H ^a  

^a Zentrum F Anästhesiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL;

ABSCESS; ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; FRACTURE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS; SEPSIS; THERAPEUTIC ERROR;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PSOAS ABSCESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 1342301588     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-818627     Document Type: Article

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