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Pain score guided morphine titration is risky and inappropriate
Terri Voepel-Lewis,
Terri Voepel-Lewis
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Search for more papers by this author Shobha Malviya,
Shobha Malviya
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Terri Voepel-Lewis,
Terri Voepel-Lewis
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Search for more papers by this author Shobha Malviya,
Shobha Malviya
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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First published: 14 March 2014
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