Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 327-343 , September 2007

Incidence of and risk factors for awareness during anaesthesia

  • Mohamed M. Ghoneim, MD (Professor of Anesthesia)

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2007.05.002

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 327-343 , September 2007

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