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Editorial
. 2021 Feb;76(2):156-160.
doi: 10.1111/anae.15286. Epub 2020 Nov 3.

Unlicensed intravenous lidocaine for postoperative pain: always a safer 'licence to stop' than to start

J J Pandit  1 , N McGuire  2
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Editorial

Unlicensed intravenous lidocaine for postoperative pain: always a safer 'licence to stop' than to start

J J Pandit et al. Anaesthesia. 2021 Feb.
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Keywords: critical incident; lidocaine; pain; postoperative; safety.

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