Acute Pain
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 75-81 , December 2009

Premature termination of epidural analgesia—A prospective analysis to improve quality

  • F. Heid

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Hospital, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55131 Mainz, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 6131177172; fax: +49 6131173444.
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  • T. Piepho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Hospital, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55131 Mainz, Germany
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  • S. Stengel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Hospital, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55131 Mainz, Germany
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  • A. Hofmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma surgery, Johannes Gutenberg-University Hospital, Mainz, Germany
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  • J. Jage

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Hospital, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55131 Mainz, Germany

Received 22 April 2009 ,Revised 27 June 2009 ,Accepted 10 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2009.07.001

Acute Pain
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 75-81 , December 2009

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