Survey of the national drug shortage effect on anesthesia and patient safety: a patient perspective.

Ivan Kai-Hsiang Hsia; Franklin Dexter; Ilana Logvinov; Nikola Tankosic; Harish Ramakrishna; Sorin J. Brull

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Survey of the national drug shortage effect on anesthesia and patient safety: a patient perspective.

August 12, 2015

Hsia IK-H, Dexter F, Logvinov I, et al. Anesth Analg. 2015;121(2):502-6.

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According to this survey study, most patients would like to be told about an anesthetic drug shortage and to have the option of postponing an elective surgery if the first-line medication is unavailable. The authors suggest information about drug shortages be included in informed consent.

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