Opioid Tolerance in Critical Illness

Overview

Journal N Engl J Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2019 Jan 24

PMID 30673555

Citations 65

Authors

J A Jeevendra Martyn

Jianren Mao

Edward A Bittner

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