Pain management in intensive care unit patients: The role of ultra-short acting opioid: Remifentanil

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 188-190

  Khan, Zahid Hussain ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Intensive care units; Pain; Remifentanil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900815854     PISSN: 22287523     EISSN: 22287531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/aapm.10299     Document Type: Editorial

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