Posts tagged overdose

• Minimizing the Risks of General Anesthesia in Surgery

  Jerry H. Trachtman | August 12, 2010 3:20 PM | 0 CommentsMelbourne, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to a study reported in Anesthesiology (April, 2009), the journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, between 1999 and 2005 there were 2,211 anesthesia-related deaths in the United States. Of those deaths, almost half (47%) were the result of general anesthesia overdose.

• Another Recall of Duralgesic Patches

  Ed Normand | January 04, 2009 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Duralgesic patches are topical patches that users attach to the skin to treat chronic pain. The medication involved is fentanyl which is an opiate 80 times stronger than morphine. The patches are...

• Recall: Medtronic Reports Problems with IsoMed and Synchromed Intraspinal Pain Pumps

  Armand Rossetti | October 27, 2008 5:18 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Medtronic’s SynchroMed and IsoMed intraspinal pain pumps consist of an abdominally implanted drug fluid reservoir equipped with a catheter. The catheter leads to and a tip, which the surgeon...