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Critical Care

Retrospective comparison of ephedrine and phenylephrine for the treatment of spinal anesthesia induced hypotension in pre-eclamptic patients

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Pages 1083-1086 | Received 09 Dec 2015, Accepted 24 Feb 2016, Published online: 29 Mar 2016

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