Inpatient dronabinol utilisation: an institutional retrospective study to determine prevalence and indications for clinical application.

Br J Anaesth

Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Management, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Pain Prevention Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA; HSS Research Institute, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address:

Published: July 2024

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