Category archives for Narcotic Administration

DILAUDID and POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS FROM ADMINISTRATION

I have had an opportunity to review a number of cases recently where Dilaudid caused serious complications, including death. Dilaudid is not a drug to be given without knowledge of a patient’s previous narcotic exposure and serious consideration of Dilaudid’s side effects. Spurred by the 2001 Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organization’s pain […]