Medication safety issues in the Emergency Department

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-69

  Brown, Margie ^a  

^a Bryan W Whitfield Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALTEPLASE; AMIODARONE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUMETANIDE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ENALAPRILAT; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; HALOPERIDOL; HEPARIN; HUMAN INSULIN; HYDRALAZINE; INSULIN; INSULIN ASPART; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; NESIRITIDE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; RETEPLASE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SODIUM METABISULFITE; STREPTOKINASE; TENECTEPLASE; THIORIDAZINE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZIPRASIDONE;

AKATHISIA; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CATATONIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; MEDICAL ERROR; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NURSING; OCCUPATION; PARKINSONISM; QT PROLONGATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; TREMOR;

EID: 14644430418     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2004.09.009     Document Type: Review

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