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Comment
. 2022 May;48(5):632-633.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-022-06661-w. Epub 2022 Mar 4.

Anesthetic drugs for rapid sequence intubation: ketamine, but what dose?

Romain Barthélémy  1   2 , Alexandre Mebazaa  3   4 , Benjamin Glenn Chousterman  3   4
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Anesthetic drugs for rapid sequence intubation: ketamine, but what dose?

Romain Barthélémy et al. Intensive Care Med. 2022 May.
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