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Patient‐controlled analgesia
Author(s) -
GROVER E. R.,
HEATH M. L.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1992.tb02221.x
Subject(s) - medicine , patient controlled analgesia , syringe , anesthesia , medical equipment , syringe driver , infusion pump , medical emergency , emergency department , nursing , analgesic , psychiatry
Summary A patient received a massive overdose of papaveretum intravenously (estimated to be 180 mg) when the glass syringe of a patient‐controlled analgesia machine disengaged from the drive mechanism. She was successfully resuscitated. The pump, on loan from the supplier, had passed a brief evaluation by the infusion pump test house designated by the Medical Devices Directorate of the Department of Health; it has since been withdrawn. It is recommended that patient‐controlled analgesia equipment should be placed at or below patient heart level. The Department of Health is called on to institute a full, independent evaluation scheme for patient‐controlled analgesia equipment.