Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 171-174 , April 2010

Safe sedation practice for surgeons

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doi: 10.1016/j.mpsur.2010.01.021

Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 171-174 , April 2010