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Original Research

Patient-controlled intravenous analgesia with remifentanil in nulliparous subjects in labor

Okan Balcioglu Professor Duzce University School of Medicine Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Duzce, Turkey
, MD,
Sule Akin Assistant Professor Baskent Universitesi Adana Uygulama ve Arastirma Merkezi Dadaloglu Mh. 39, Sk No:6 Yuregir, Adana, Turkey +90 322 3272727; +90 322 3271276; [email protected]
, MD,
Selim Demir Specialist in Anesthesiology Private Dogus Hospital Icel, Turkey
, MD &
Anis Aribogan Professor Baskent University School of Medicine Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Adana, Turkey
, MD
Pages 3089-3096 | Published online: 26 Nov 2007

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