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Medication error: Subarachnoid injection of tranexamic acid

Some factors have been identified as contributing to medical errors, such as labels, appearance and location of ampoules. We present a case of accidental injection of tranexamic acid instead of Bupivacaine during spinal anaesthesia. One minute after the injection of 3 mL of the solution, the patient...

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Autores principales: Butala, Bina P, Shah, Veena R, Bhosale, Guruprasad P, Shah, Rajkiran B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3371494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22701210
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.96335