Anesthesia for laser treatment for retinopathy of prematurity – all clear now?
Naveen Eipe
Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L1, Canada (email: [email protected] )
Search for more papers by this authorJarmila Kim
Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L1, Canada (email: [email protected] )
Search for more papers by this authorGillian Ramsey
Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L1, Canada (email: [email protected] )
Search for more papers by this authorPhilipp Mossdorf
Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L1, Canada (email: [email protected] )
Search for more papers by this authorNaveen Eipe
Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L1, Canada (email: [email protected] )
Search for more papers by this authorJarmila Kim
Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L1, Canada (email: [email protected] )
Search for more papers by this authorGillian Ramsey
Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L1, Canada (email: [email protected] )
Search for more papers by this authorPhilipp Mossdorf
Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L1, Canada (email: [email protected] )
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