ANAESTHESIOLOGY - GENERAL ANAESTHESIA / LETTER TO EDITOR
The use of Sedaconda in suspected venous gas embolism after emergency cesarean section: a case report
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Emergency Department and Critical Care Area, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Bagno a Ripoli, Florence, Italy
These authors had equal contribution to this work
Submission date: 2024-07-03
Final revision date: 2026-01-17
Acceptance date: 2026-01-29
Publication date: 2026-02-16
Corresponding author
Maddalena Pazzi
Emergency Department and Critical Care Area, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Antella Street, 58-50012 Bagno a Ripoli, Florence, Italy
Emergency Department and Critical Care Area, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Antella Street, 58-50012 Bagno a Ripoli, Florence, Italy
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther 2026;58(1):17-19
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