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Ketamine pretreatment with venous occlusion attenuates pain on injection with propofol

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2005

Y. K. Batra
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Al-Sabah Hospital, Kuwait
A. R. Al Qattan
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Al-Sabah Hospital, Kuwait
H. M. Marzouk
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Al-Sabah Hospital, Kuwait
M. Smilka
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Al-Sabah Hospital, Kuwait
A. Agzamov
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Al-Sabah Hospital, Kuwait
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© 2005 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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