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Anesthesiological management in ELBW infants: like ductal ligation, does necrotizing enterocolitis similarly lie between ‘simple anesthesia’ and ‘extreme art’?
Andrea Gentili,
Andrea Gentili
Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital – Bologna University, Bologna, Italy
Search for more papers by this author Valeria Landuzzi,
Valeria Landuzzi
Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital – Bologna University, Bologna, Italy
Search for more papers by this author Mario Lima,
Mario Lima
Department of Surgical Paediatrics, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital – Bologna University, Bologna, Italy
Search for more papers by this author Simonetta Baroncini,
Simonetta Baroncini
Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital – Bologna University, Bologna, Italy
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Andrea Gentili,
Andrea Gentili
Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital – Bologna University, Bologna, Italy
Search for more papers by this author Valeria Landuzzi,
Valeria Landuzzi
Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital – Bologna University, Bologna, Italy
Search for more papers by this author Mario Lima,
Mario Lima
Department of Surgical Paediatrics, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital – Bologna University, Bologna, Italy
Search for more papers by this author Simonetta Baroncini,
Simonetta Baroncini
Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital – Bologna University, Bologna, Italy
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First published: 03 January 2013
No abstract is available for this article.
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