Editorial
Use of anesthetics in young children Consensus statement of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA), the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA), the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology (EACTA), and the European Safe Tots Anaesthesia Research Initiative (EuroSTAR)
Tom G. Hansen,
Tom G. Hansen
Department of Clinical Research – Anaesthesiology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Tom G. Hansen
Department of Clinical Research – Anaesthesiology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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