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Analgesia for venous cannulation by subcutaneous infiltration: effect of lidocaine concentration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2006

A. Tiwari
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India
R. Chawla
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India
M. Kumar
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India
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2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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