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M G Irwin¹, C K E Chung¹, G T C Wong¹

¹Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.

|June 28, 2020

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effect-site intravenous anaesthesia pharmacodynamics pharmacokinetics propofol: administration remifentanil

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