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Open Access 03-05-2022 | Letter to the Editor

To the editor: comments on the paper: pressure monitoring devices may undetect epidural space: a report on the use of Compuflo® system for epidural injection

Authors: Mark Hochman, Giorgio Capogna

Published in: Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing | Issue 6/2022

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Title: To the editor: comments on the paper: pressure monitoring devices may undetect epidural space: a report on the use of Compuflo® system for epidural injection
Authors: Mark Hochman
Giorgio Capogna
Publication date: 03-05-2022
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing / Issue 6/2022
Print ISSN: 1387-1307
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2614
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10877-022-00868-4

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