domingo, 23 de septiembre de 2012

Errores en la administración de medicamentos

Errores en la medicación en anestesia y terapia intensiva: un motivo de preocupación


Medication error in anaesthesia and critical care: A cause for concern.
Kothari D, Gupta S, Sharma C, Kothari S.
Department of Anaesthesiology, G. R. Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Indian J Anaesth. 2010 May;54(3):187-92.
Abstract
Medication error is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in medical profession, and anaesthesia and critical care are no exception to it. Man, medicine, machine and modus operandi are the main contributory factors to it. In this review, incidence, types, risk factors and preventive measures of the medication errors are discussed in detail.



http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2010;volume=54;issue=3;spage=187;epage=192;aulast=Kothari

Errores con medicamentos en anestesiología


Drug Errors in Anaesthesiology.
Jain RK, Katiyar S.
Indian J Anaesth [serial online] 2009 [cited 2012 Sep 13];53:539-42.


Medication errors are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. The incidence of these drug errors during anaesthesia is not certain. They impose a considerable financial burden to health care systems apart from the patient losses. Common causes of these errors and their prevention is discussed.
http://www.ijaweb.org/text.asp?2009/53/5/539/60331



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