Commentary

Point/Counterpoint – Are SCIP measures efficacious?


 

Dr. Barash is a professor of anesthesiology at Yale University, New Haven, Conn. He reported having no financial disclosures.

These are excerpts from a debate at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

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