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Subanaesthetic doses of ketamine impair cardiac parasympathetic regulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2005

J. Penttilä
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland
M. Mäenpää
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
T. Laitio
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
J. Långsjö
Affiliation:
Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
S. Hinkka
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
H. Scheinin
Affiliation:
Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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© 2005 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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