Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 429-438 , September 2006

The metabolic effects of fasting and surgery

  • Jonas Nygren, MD, PhD (Associate Professor, Senior Consultant Surgeon)

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2006.02.004

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 429-438 , September 2006

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