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Letter to the Editor

Asystolic cardiac arrest secondary to sugammadex administration in a young patient

Scott Weerasuriya
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,
Dale Seddon
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,
Vishal Salota
1

  1. Department of Anaesthesia, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther 2024; 56, 2: 160–163
Online publish date: 2024/07/23
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