Medication errors in anesthesia: An 8-year retrospective analysis at an urban university hospital

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 248-252

  Yamamoto, Mamoru ^a   Ishikawa, Seiji ^b   Makita, Koshi ^b  

^a Soka Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incident report; Medication error; Omission; Overdose; Substitution

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; HORMONE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INSULIN; KETAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; OVERDOSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 49649101574     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-008-0624-4     Document Type: Article

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