Accidental hypoglycaemia caused by an arterial flush drug error: A case report and contributory causes analysis

Anaesthesia

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1179-1187

  Gupta, K J ^a   Cook, T M ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INFUSION FLUID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTERIAL LINE; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROGLYCOPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS HEMORRHAGE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PLEURA EMPYEMA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEDATION; SEPSIS; THORACOTOMY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

FATAL OUTCOME; GLUCOSE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES;

EID: 84885960293     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12388     Document Type: Article

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