Fatal consequences of a simple mistake: how can a patient be saved from inadvertent intrathecal vincristine?

Kesava Reddy; Benjamin Brown; Anil Nanda

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Fatal consequences of a simple mistake: how can a patient be saved from inadvertent intrathecal vincristine?

January 4, 2011

Reddy K, Brown B, Nanda A. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2011;113(1):68-71.

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This case report describes a vincristine administration error and recommends strategies to prevent similar incidents.

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