Residual anaesthesia drugs in intravenous lines—a silent threat?

S. Bowman; K. Raghavan; I. A. Walker

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Residual anaesthesia drugs in intravenous lines—a silent threat?

July 17, 2013

Bowman S, Raghavan K, Walker IA. Anaesthesia. 2013;68(6):557-61.

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This commentary examines how residual medications in intravenous lines can harm patients and emphasizes the need for these incidents to be reported.

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