Commentary Open Access
Volume 2 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/anesthesia.2.009
Goals for pediatric inpatient pain management: Best care everywhere
Tracy E. Harrison1,*
- 1Department of Anesthesiology & Peri-Operative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Corresponding Author
Tracy E. Harrison, harrison.tracy@mayo.edu
Received Date: December 02, 2020
Accepted Date: March 01, 2021
Harrison TE. Goals for pediatric inpatient pain management: Best care everywhere. J Clin Anesth Intensive Care. 2021; 2(1): 20-25.
Copyright: © 2021 Harrison TE. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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