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Sonja Payne
Back to facultyAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Anesthesia & Perioperative MedicineWestern University
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Latest papers
Intracranial pressure monitoring in the perioperative period of patients with acute liver failure undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation.
World journal of transplantation · 2023
1 publications.
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Intracranial pressure monitoring in the perioperative period of patients with acute liver failure undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation.
Mendoza Vasquez LE, Payne S, Zamper R
World journal of transplantation2023
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