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36 - Regional Anesthesia in Neonates and Infants

from Section 4 - Pain Management and Other Newborn and Infant Anesthesia Concerns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2018

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Karen Boretsky
Edited by
Mary Ellen McCann
Edited in association with
Christine Greco  and
Kai Matthes
Mary Ellen McCann
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Christine Greco
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Kai Matthes
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Essentials of Anesthesia for Infants and Neonates , pp. 382 - 397
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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