Surgery — Pediatric Anesthesia Consent - Visual Aids
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Lin YK, Yeh YS, Chen CW, Lee WC, Lin CJ, Kuo LC, Shi L Parental Educational Intervention to Facilitate Informed Consent for Pediatric Procedural Sedation in the Emergency Department: A Parallel-Group Randomized Controlled Trial. Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Nov 23;10(12):2353. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10122353.
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