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Williams, B.A., Kentor, M.L. Fast-track ambulatory anesthesia: impact on nursing workload when analgesia and antiemetic prophylaxis are near-optimal. Can J Anesth 54, 243–244 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03022649
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