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Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing
Published in: Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing 4/2019

01-08-2019 | Editorial

Intravenous administration of medications during an anesthetic: a deceptively simple process

Author: Robert A. Peterfreund

Published in: Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing | Issue 4/2019

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Anesthesiologists administer at least one intravenous (IV) medication in nearly every case. An ordinary anesthetic will often employ 10 or more individual IV medications. Some medications, such as muscle relaxants, opiates and propofol, are administered IV multiple times. What are the steps, and the pitfalls, in this routine process? …
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Metadata
Title
Intravenous administration of medications during an anesthetic: a deceptively simple process
Author
Robert A. Peterfreund
Publication date
01-08-2019
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 1387-1307
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2614
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10877-019-00326-8

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