The impact of a shortage of pharmacy-prepared ephedrine syringes on intraoperative medication use

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 404-409

  Ladha, Karim S ^a,c   Nanji, Karen C ^a,c   Pierce, Eric ^a,c   Poon, K Trudy ^a   Hyder, Joseph A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGE; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFECTS; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; INJECTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TIME; TRENDS;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EPHEDRINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; ODDS RATIO; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYRINGES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84937820396     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000809     Document Type: Article

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