Clinical survey of sedation and analgesia procedures in intensive care units
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Received: October 9, 2008. Accepted: November 15, 2008. Corresponding author: Hong-Seuk Yang, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, 338-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-040, Korea. Tel: 82-2-3010-3865, Fax: 82-2-470-1363, E-mail: [email protected] Copyright c Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, 2009 Clinical survey of sedation and analgesia procedures in intensive care units
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