Perineural or intravenous dexamethasone: do we still need catheters?

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S Q M Tighe. Anaesthesia. 2016 Aug.

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. 2016 Aug;71(8):983-4.

doi: 10.1111/anae.13596.

¹ Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation NHS Trust, Chester, UK. sean.tighe@nhs.net.

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