New JCAHO pain standard bigger threat to patient safety than envisioned [27]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1596-

  Overdyk, Frank ^a   Carter, Rickey ^a   Maddox, Ray ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE;

APNEA; BREATHING RATE; CONSCIOUSNESS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY ARREST; STANDARD;

EID: 33646201579     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000215128.75157.2D     Document Type: Letter

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