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Comment
. 2005 Dec;101(6):1880.
doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000180253.16926.83.

The evidence that deep anesthesia impacts long term mortality is not compelling

Jeremy Scarlett  1 , Nathan Hahn, Eric Jacobsohn, Michael S Avidan
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Comment

The evidence that deep anesthesia impacts long term mortality is not compelling

Jeremy Scarlett et al. Anesth Analg. 2005 Dec.
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