Use of anaesthetics in young children

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 327-328

  Hansen, Tom G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

CHILD; CONSENSUS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CARDIAC ANESTHESIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA, CARDIAC PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS; CHILD; CONSENSUS; EUROPE; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 85019497687     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000629     Document Type: Editorial

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