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Chapter 6 - Local anesthetic systemic toxicity

from Section 1 - General considerations in regional anesthesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2015

By
Jordan F. Wicker  and
Meg A. Rosenblatt
Edited by
Michael R. Anderson ,
Sylvia H. Wilson  and
Meg A. Rosenblatt
Michael R. Anderson
Affiliation:
The Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York
Sylvia H. Wilson
Affiliation:
Medical University of South Carolina
Meg A. Rosenblatt
Affiliation:
The Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York
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Decision-Making in Orthopedic and Regional Anesthesiology
A Case-Based Approach
 , pp. 28 - 33
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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