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PCA Overdose
Doyle DJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July/August 2005.
Following surgery, a woman receives morphine via a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump. A few hours after arriving on the floor, she is found barely breathing.
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