Thomas D W, Owen H
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.
Anaesthesia. 1988 Sep;43(9):770-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1988.tb05753.x.
Respiratory depression and oversedation occurred during the administration of patient-controlled analgesia because of a broken syringe barrel. Possible complications in the use of patient-controlled analgesia are reviewed. These may be because of prescription or provision errors, patient factors or equipment problems.