Is Methadone an Opioid Sparing Strategy?

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth

Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address:

Published: February 2020

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