Epidural analgesia for acute pain after surgery and during labor, including patient-controlled epidural analgesia

Clinical Pain Management: Practice and Procedures, 2nd edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 311-321

  Breivik, Harald ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

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EID: 72049124456     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b13562-26     Document Type: Chapter

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