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Drug and Device Shortages

Our Experience in Bone Marrow Transplantation

Authors: Dr Hiroto Narimatsu, Tomoko Matsumura, Masahiro Kami

Published in: Pharmaceutical Medicine | Issue 3/2011

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Drug or device shortages cause serious damage to patients.[1] Recently, shortage of the drug propofol has been reported.[2] Propofol is a fast-onset, short-acting sedative-hypnotic agent used for the induction and maintenance of anaesthesia or sedation, and the supply of this drug has become critically low due to manufacturing problems. …

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Narimatsu H, Takita M, Kodama Y, et al. Critical situation of bone marrow transplantation: information distribution regarding the problem of a shortage of bone marrow filters. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2010; 16 (1): 141–2PubMedCrossRef

Title: Drug and Device Shortages
Our Experience in Bone Marrow Transplantation
Authors: Dr Hiroto Narimatsu
Tomoko Matsumura
Masahiro Kami
Publication date: 01-06-2011
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Pharmaceutical Medicine / Issue 3/2011
Print ISSN: 1178-2595
Electronic ISSN: 1179-1993
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03256858

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