Ultrasound in anaesthesia; the best kept secret

Ultrasound

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-27

  Donovan, Andrew D ^a,b   Nicholls, Barry J ^a  

^a MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Anaesthetist; Echocardiography; Regional; Ultrasound; Vascular

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749083303     PISSN: 1742271X     EISSN: 17431344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313408X259409     Document Type: Article

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