Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 4-16 , January 2008

The importance of the acute pain management service for regional techniques in cardiac anesthesia

  • Avinash Sinha, MBChB, FRCA

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Avinash Sinha, MBChB, FRCA, Acute Pain Management Service, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, H3G 1B7 Canada.
    • ,
  • Thomas M. Hemmerling, MD, DEAA

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PII: S1084-208X(07)00086-9

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.10.002

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 4-16 , January 2008

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