Ketamine infusions for sedation in ICU.

Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med

Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Cochin, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75679 Paris Cedex 14, France. Electronic address:

Published: August 2019

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