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Careful choice of agents helps achieve safe sedation in patients with head injury

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Careful choice of agents helps achieve safe sedation in patients with head injury. Drugs Ther. Perspect 21, 20–23 (2005). https://doi.org/10.2165/00042310-200521040-00007

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