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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie

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01-07-2021 | Correspondence

A survey assessing the need for spinal chloroprocaine to provide subarachnoid neuraxial anesthesia for short-duration surgeries in Canada

Authors: Jennifer Szerb, MD, FRCP, Syed-Ali-Akbar Abbass, MD, FRCP, Jillian Banfield, PhD, Vishal Uppal, MBBS, MSc, FRCA

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 7/2021

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Title: A survey assessing the need for spinal chloroprocaine to provide subarachnoid neuraxial anesthesia for short-duration surgeries in Canada
Authors: Jennifer Szerb, MD, FRCP
Syed-Ali-Akbar Abbass, MD, FRCP
Jillian Banfield, PhD
Vishal Uppal, MBBS, MSc, FRCA
Publication date: 01-07-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 7/2021
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-021-01980-w

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