Remifentanil in the intensive care unit: tolerance and acute withdrawal syndrome after prolonged sedation.

Anesthesiology

Anesthesiology Department, University Hospital Saint-Luc, Catholic University of Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 10, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.

Published: June 2005

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