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The rate and costs attributable to intravenous patient-controlled analgesia errors.
May 24, 2015
Meissner B, Nelson W, Hicks R (R), et al. Hosp Pharm. 2010;44(4):312-324.
Medication errors associated with patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) are common and costly, according to this analysis of MEDMARX data. An AHRQ WebM&M commentary discusses a serious adverse drug event in a postoperative patient receiving PCA.
