Prostaglandin E1 Infusions for Duct Dependent Congenital Heart Defects Can Cause Severe Ethanol Intoxication
Helgi Padari1, Jelena Kuznetsova2, Yogen Singh3
1Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tallinn Children's Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia.
Acta Paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
|December 16, 2025
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