Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 449-463 , December 2007

Postoperative management of adult central neurosurgical patients: Systemic and neuro-monitoring

  • Luzius A. Steiner, MD, PhD (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anaesthesia and Operative Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Basel, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 (0)61 328 6413; Fax: +41 (0)61 265 7320.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2007.06.002

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Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 449-463 , December 2007

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