Understanding outcomes after neuraxial anaesthesia: time to turn the page

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 423 Guardian Drive, 308 Blockley Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Editorial

M D Neuman. Br J Anaesth. 2016 Jan.

. 2016 Jan;116(1):15-7.

doi: 10.1093/bja/aev353. Epub 2015 Oct 20.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 423 Guardian Drive, 308 Blockley Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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