Ruales S, Sánchez A, Ortega P, Santana E, Palomeque A

Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 299-302
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ABSTRACT

A sentinel event happened in the operating room of the Hospital de los Valles in Quito, for lack of labeling the drugs, which would be used in the anesthetic procedure. Currently, it is shown that human error is part of the statistics of morbidity and mortality of different medical procedures in hospitalized patients, and because of the danger of the drugs used in the Area of Anesthesia, these have become one of the main causes of error, with the result of serious adverse events that may even cause death. The importance of knowledge and having the necessary tools to act in the emergencies is also demonstrated. In this case a controversial drug because of its cost, sugammadex.

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