Acute Pain
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 107-111 , December 2009

Postoperative opioid usage in children receiving Remifentanil vs. sufentanil

Received 9 September 2009 ,Revised 29 September 2009 ,Accepted 2 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.002

Acute Pain
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 107-111 , December 2009

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