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Shortage of perioperative drugs: implications for anesthesia practice and patient safety.

De Oliveira GS, Theilken LS, McCarthy R. Shortage of perioperative drugs: implications for anesthesia practice and patient safety. Anesth Analg. 2011;113(6):1429-35. doi:10.1213/ANE.0b013e31821f23ef.

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June 8, 2011
De Oliveira GS, Theilken LS, McCarthy R. Anesth Analg. 2011;113(6):1429-35.
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Several commonly used anesthesia medications are among the 140 medications currently considered to be in short supply. Data from MEDMARX reveals that shortages have been implicated in many cases of prescribing errors, often when one concentration of medication was substituted for the unavailable formulation.

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De Oliveira GS, Theilken LS, McCarthy R. Shortage of perioperative drugs: implications for anesthesia practice and patient safety. Anesth Analg. 2011;113(6):1429-35. doi:10.1213/ANE.0b013e31821f23ef.

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