Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 345-355 , September 2007

Prevention of awareness during anaesthesia

  • Paul S. Myles, MBBS, MPH, MD, FCARCSI, FANZCA (Director, Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicinea Professor and Chair, Academic Board of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicineb NHMRC Practitioner Fellowc)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationDepartment of Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 92763176; Fax: +61 3 92762813.

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PII: S1521-6896(07)00036-5

doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2007.04.004

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 345-355 , September 2007

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