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Vicente KJ, Kada-Bekhaled K, Hillel G, Cassano A, Orser BA. Programming errors contribute to death from patient-controlled analgesia: case report and estimate of probability. Can J Anesth 2003; 50: 328–32.
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Vicente KJ, Kada-Bekhaled K, Hillel G, Cassano A, Orser BA. Programming errors contribute to death from patient-controlled analgesia: case report and estimate of probability. Can J Anesth 2003; 50: 328–32.
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Lederer, W., Benzer, A., Doyle, D.J. et al. Programming errors from patient-controlled analgesia. Can J Anesth 50, 854–856 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03019388
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