Regional analgesia in intensive care unit

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 263-265

  Hajiesmaeili, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Motavaf, Mahsa ^c   Safari, Saeid ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Rezvan Medical Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Epidural anesthesia; Intensive care units; Pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900818948     PISSN: 22287523     EISSN: 22287531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/aapm.10587     Document Type: Letter

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