Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 291-295 , September 2007

Introduction to cognitive activity during anaesthesia

  • Kate Leslie, MBBS, MD, M Epi, FANZCA (Staff Anaesthetist and Honorary Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationDepartment of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 93427000; Fax: +61 3 93428623.

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PII: S1521-6896(07)00033-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2007.04.001

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 291-295 , September 2007

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