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Comment
. 2020 Mar;124(3):e38-e39.
doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.12.005. Epub 2020 Jan 23.

Response to 'Correlation between bispectral index and age-adjusted minimal alveolar concentration' (Br J Anaesth 2020; 124:e8)

Miles Berger  1 , Mary Cooter  2 , Katherine Ni  3 , Jake Thomas  2 , Dhanesh K Gupta  2 , Miklos D Kertai  4
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Response to 'Correlation between bispectral index and age-adjusted minimal alveolar concentration' (Br J Anaesth 2020; 124:e8)

Miles Berger et al. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: age; age-adjusted MAC fraction; bispectral index; minimum alveolar concentration; side effects; toxicity; volatile anaesthetic.

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