Anesth Pain Med.  2023 Oct;18(4):445-446. 10.17085/apm.23069.

Ensuring patient safety: the importance of prompt pathological examination for foreign bodies in intravenous lines

• Heo MH
• Lee SI
• Kim KW
• Kim JH

• KMID: 2550926
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.17085/apm.23069

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