Asphyxiation with a Fentanyl Patch

Narcotics are frequently prescribed to alleviate pain in patients with serious medical illnesses such as cancer. Because of their nonoral route of administration, fentanyl patches are now being frequently prescribed. However, the widespread use of fentanyl patches has been associated with medication...

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Autores principales: Mansfield, Aaron S., Jatoi, Aminah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2013
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Published online: May, 2013
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23741217
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000351220
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description Narcotics are frequently prescribed to alleviate pain in patients with serious medical illnesses such as cancer. Because of their nonoral route of administration, fentanyl patches are now being frequently prescribed. However, the widespread use of fentanyl patches has been associated with medication errors and misuse [Butts and Jatoi: J Opioid Manag 2011;7:35–45]. The transdermal delivery of fentanyl may lead to unusual, unanticipated complications. Herein, we describe a fentanyl patch complication, which, to our knowledge, has not been previously reported.
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spelling pubmed-36706402013-06-05 Asphyxiation with a Fentanyl Patch Mansfield, Aaron S. Jatoi, Aminah Case Rep Oncol Published online: May, 2013 Narcotics are frequently prescribed to alleviate pain in patients with serious medical illnesses such as cancer. Because of their nonoral route of administration, fentanyl patches are now being frequently prescribed. However, the widespread use of fentanyl patches has been associated with medication errors and misuse [Butts and Jatoi: J Opioid Manag 2011;7:35–45]. The transdermal delivery of fentanyl may lead to unusual, unanticipated complications. Herein, we describe a fentanyl patch complication, which, to our knowledge, has not been previously reported. S. Karger AG 2013-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3670640/ /pubmed/23741217 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000351220 Text en Copyright © 2013 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable to the online version of the article only. Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
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