Sedation and Anesthesia for Magnetic Resonance Imaging during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective

Kamath Sriganesh

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1718972

Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neuroanaesth Crit Care 2020; 7(03): 163-165
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1718972

Perspective

Sedation and Anesthesia for Magnetic Resonance Imaging during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective

Kamath Sriganesh

¹Department of Neuroanaesthesia and Neurocritical Care, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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