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Anaesthetists inability to assess depth of anaesthesia:why not use the IFT?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2006

I. Russell
I. Russell
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Hull Royal Infirmary – Anaesthesia, Hull, UK
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 98
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© 2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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